bóireach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

bóireach (genitive singular masculine bóirigh, genitive singular feminine bóirí, plural bóireacha, comparative bóirí)

1. (geography, geology) boreal

Declension

Declension of bóireach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bóireach	bhóireach	bóireacha; bhóireacha2
vocative	bhóirigh		bóireacha
genitive		bóirí	bóireacha	bóireach
dative	bóireach; bhóireach1	bhóireach; bhóirigh (archaic)	bóireacha; bhóireacha2
Comparative	níos bóirí
Superlative	is bóirí

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

Synonyms

• tuaisceartach

Mutation

Mutated forms of bóireach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bóireach	bhóireach	mbóireach

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

References

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