borradh

From Middle Irish borrad (“act of swelling”), verbal noun of borraid (“swells, becomes swollen, bloated”), from borr (“swelling; swollen, thick”).

borradh m (genitive singular borrtha)

1. verbal noun of borr
2. swelling, growth
3. (electricity, nautical) surge

   Synonyms: borradh cumhachta, borradh leictreachais

4. expansion

   Synonyms: fairsingiú, leathnú

• borrachadh, borraíl

• borradh trádála (“boom”)

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borradh m (genitive singular borrtha, nominative plural borrthaí or borraíocha)

1. fulcrum

Alternative declension

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “borrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “borradh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “borradh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025