bórás

See also: boras and Borås

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*būrag).

Noun

bórás m (genitive singular bóráis)

1. (inorganic chemistry) borax

Declension

Declension of bórás (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bórás vocative a bhóráis genitive bóráis dative bórás forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bórás genitive an bhóráis dative leis an mbórás don bhórás

Derived terms

• bórásach (“boracic”)
• cnapbhórás m (“borax bead”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bórás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bórás	bhórás	mbórás

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) “bórás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN