Bórach

See also: bórách

Irish

Etymology

From Afrikaans boer (“farmer”) + -ach.

Adjective

Bórach (genitive singular masculine Bóraigh, genitive singular feminine Bóraí, plural Bóracha, not comparable)

  1. Boer

Declension

Declension of Bórach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Bórach Bhórach Bóracha;
Bhóracha2
vocative Bhóraigh Bóracha
genitive Bóraí Bóracha Bórach
dative Bórach;
Bhórach1 		Bhórach;
Bhóraigh (archaic) 		Bóracha;
Bhóracha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Bórach m (genitive singular Bóraigh, nominative plural Bóraigh)

  1. Boer

Declension

Declension of Bórach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Bórach Bóraigh
vocative a Bhóraigh a Bhóracha
genitive Bóraigh Bórach
dative Bórach Bóraigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Bórach na Bóraigh
genitive an Bhóraigh na mBórach
dative leis an mBórach
don Bhórach 		leis na Bóraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bórach
radical lenition eclipsis
Bórach Bhórach mBórach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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