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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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 case singular plural nominative Bórach Bóraigh vocative a Bhóraigh a Bhóracha genitive Bóraigh Bórach dative Bórach Bóraigh forms with the definite article case 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bórach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN