Boirneoch

Irish

Etymology

Boirneo (Borneo) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix)

Adjective

Boirneoch (genitive singular masculine Boirneoigh, genitive singular feminine Boirneoiche, plural Boirneocha, not comparable)

  1. Bornean

Declension

Declension of Boirneoch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Boirneoch Bhoirneoch Boirneocha;
Bhoirneocha2
vocative Bhoirneoigh Boirneocha
genitive Boirneoiche Boirneocha Boirneoch
dative Boirneoch;
Bhoirneoch1
Bhoirneoch;
Bhoirneoigh (archaic)
Boirneocha;
Bhoirneocha2
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

Boirneoch m (genitive singular Boirneoigh, nominative plural Boirneoigh)

  1. Bornean

Declension

Declension of Boirneoch (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Boirneoch Boirneoigh
vocative a Bhoirneoigh a Bhoirneocha
genitive Boirneoigh Boirneoch
dative Boirneoch Boirneoigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Boirneoch na Boirneoigh
genitive an Bhoirneoigh na mBoirneoch
dative leis an mBoirneoch
don Bhoirneoch
leis na Boirneoigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Boirneoch
radical lenition eclipsis
Boirneoch Bhoirneoch mBoirneoch

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

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