cnapbhórás

Irish

Etymology

From cnap (“lump”) +‎ bórás (“borax”).

Noun

cnapbhórás m (genitive singular cnapbhóráis)

1. borax bead

Declension

Declension of cnapbhórás (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cnapbhórás vocative a chnapbhóráis genitive cnapbhóráis dative cnapbhórás forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cnapbhórás genitive an chnapbhóráis dative leis an gcnapbhórás don chnapbhórás

Derived terms

• promhadh cnapbhóráis m (“borax-bead test”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnapbhórás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnapbhórás	chnapbhórás	gcnapbhórás

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