borgaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• burgaire

Etymology

Borrowed from English burger. By surface analysis, borg +‎ -aire.

Noun

borgaire m (genitive singular borgaire, nominative plural borgairí)

1. Synonym of buirgéiseach (“burgess”)
2. hamburger

Declension

Declension of borgaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative borgaire borgairí vocative a bhorgaire a bhorgairí genitive borgaire borgairí dative borgaire borgairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an borgaire na borgairí genitive an bhorgaire na mborgairí dative leis an mborgaire don bhorgaire leis na borgairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of borgaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
borgaire	bhorgaire	mborgaire

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