borrúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• bórthúil

Etymology

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Adjective

borrúil (genitive singular masculine borrúil, genitive singular feminine borrúla, plural borrúla, comparative borrúla)

1. rich (of soil)
2. fast-growing (of plants)
3. go-ahead, enterprising (of persons)
4. puffy

Declension

Declension of borrúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	borrúil	bhorrúil	borrúla; bhorrúla2
vocative	bhorrúil		borrúla
genitive		borrúla	borrúla	borrúil
dative	borrúil; bhorrúil1	bhorrúil	borrúla; bhorrúla2
Comparative	níos borrúla
Superlative	is borrúla

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

Derived terms

• borrúlacht f (“growth, expansion; enterprise; puffiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of borrúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
borrúil	bhorrúil	mborrúil

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

Further reading

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