boireannach

Irish

Etymology

From boireann (“rock; rocky country; karst”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɛɾʲən̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɛɾʲən̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

boireannach (genitive singular masculine boireannaigh, genitive singular feminine boireannaí, plural boireannacha, comparative boireannaí)

1. rocky; karsty

Declension

Declension of boireannach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	boireannach	bhoireannach	boireannacha; bhoireannacha2
vocative	bhoireannaigh		boireannacha
genitive		boireannaí	strong noun	weak noun
			boireannacha	boireannach
dative	boireannach; bhoireannach1	bhoireannach; bhoireannaigh (archaic)	boireannacha; bhoireannacha2
Comparative	níos boireannaí
Superlative	is boireannaí

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 boireannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boireannach	bhoireannach	mboireannach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From boireann +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɔðən̪ˠəx/
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɔɾʲən̪ˠəx/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈb̥oɾʲən̪ˠʌx~ˈb̥oʒən̪ˠʌx]

Adjective

boireannach (comparative boireannaich)

1. female

Declension

Declension of boireannach (type I adjective)

	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	boireannach	bhoireannach	boireannach
genitive	bhoireannaich	boireannaiche, boireannaich	boireannach
dative	boireannach	bhoireannaich	boireannach
vocative	bhoireannaich	bhoireannach	boireannach

Noun

boireannach m

1. woman; female

   Synonym: (archaic) bean

Usage notes

• Although boireannach is of the masculine gender, because of its semantics the feminine pronoun i is used as its substitute.

Declension

Declension of boireannach (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	boireannach	boireannaich
genitive	boireannaich	bhoireannach
dative	boireannach	boireannaich; boireannachaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) boireannach	(na) boireannaich
genitive	(a') bhoireannaich	(nam) boireannach
dative	(a') bhoireannach	(na) boireannaich; boireannachaibh✝
vocative	bhoireannaich	bhoireannacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Related terms

• boireannta

Mutation

Mutation of boireannach

radical	lenition
boireannach	bhoireannach

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “boireannach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Colin Mark (2003) “boireannach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 85