bórásach

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Irish

Etymology

From bórás (“borax”) +‎ -ach (adjectival ending).

Adjective

bórásach (genitive singular masculine bórásaigh, genitive singular feminine bórásaí, plural bórásacha, not comparable)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) boracic

Declension

Declension of bórásach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative bórásach bhórásach bórásacha;
bhórásacha2
vocative bhórásaigh bórásacha
genitive bórásaí bórásacha bórásach
dative bórásach;
bhórásach1 		bhórásach;
bhórásaigh (archaic) 		bórásacha;
bhórásacha2
Comparative níos bórásaí
Superlative is bórásaí

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 bórásach
radical lenition eclipsis
bórásach bhórásach mbórásach

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

References

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