borr
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
borr m (genitive singular borr)
- Alternative form of borradh
Declension[edit]
Declension of borr
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- i mborr le (“puffed up with”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish borr (“swelling; swollen, thick”).
Adjective[edit]
borr (genitive singular masculine boirr, genitive singular feminine boirre, plural borra, comparative boirre)
Declension[edit]
Declension of borr
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | borr | bhorr | borra; bhorra² | |
Vocative | bhoirr | borra | ||
Genitive | boirre | borra | borr | |
Dative | borr; bhorr¹ |
bhorr; bhoirr (archaic) |
borra; bhorra² | |
Comparative | níos boirre | |||
Superlative | is boirre |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Irish borraid (“swells, becomes swollen, bloated”, verb), from borr.
Verb[edit]
borr (present analytic borrann, future analytic borrfaidh, verbal noun borradh, past participle borrtha)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of borr (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
borr | bhorr | mborr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “borr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “borraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “borr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “borr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse borr. Cognate with Icelandic bor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
borr c
- a drill (tool used to make holes)
- Synonym: (power drill) borrmaskin
Declension[edit]
Declension of borr | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | borr | borren | borrar | borrarna |
Genitive | borrs | borrens | borrars | borrarnas |
Related terms[edit]
- borra (“to drill, to bore”)
References[edit]
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