borrúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From borrúil (“rich; fast-growing; go-ahead, enterprising; puffy”, adjective) +‎ -acht (nominal suffix).

Noun

borrúlacht f (genitive singular borrúlachta)

1. growth, expansion
2. enterprise
3. puffiness

Declension

Declension of borrúlacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative borrúlacht vocative a bhorrúlacht genitive borrúlachta dative borrúlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhorrúlacht genitive na borrúlachta dative leis an mborrúlacht don bhorrúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of borrúlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
borrúlacht	bhorrúlacht	mborrúlacht

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