bórásach

Irish

Etymology

From bórás (“borax”) +‎ -ach (adjectival ending).

Adjective

bórásach (genitive singular masculine bórásaigh, genitive singular feminine bórásaí, plural bórásacha, not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) boracic

Declension

Declension of bórásach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bórásach	bhórásach	bórásacha; bhórásacha2
vocative	bhórásaigh		bórásacha
genitive		bórásaí	bórásacha	bórásach
dative	bórásach; bhórásach1	bhórásach; bhórásaigh (archaic)	bórásacha; bhórásacha2
Comparative	níos bórásaí
Superlative	is bórásaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of bórásach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bórásach	bhórásach	mbórásach

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