boireann

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bairenn, from Old Irish bairenn (“large stone; rocky district”), from Proto-Celtic *barinā (“rock, rocky ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H- (“mountain”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”).

Noun

boireann f (genitive singular boirne, nominative plural boireanna)

  1. rock
  2. (geology) rocky country; karst

Declension

Declension of boireann (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative boireann boireanna
vocative a bhoireann a bhoireanna
genitive boirne boireann
dative boireann boireanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhoireann na boireanna
genitive na boirne na mboireann
dative leis an mboireann
don bhoireann 		leis na boireanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Burren

Mutation

Mutated forms of boireann
radical lenition eclipsis
boireann bhoireann mboireann

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

By dissimilation from Old Irish boinenn (“female”) (compare Irish baineann).

Pronunciation

Adjective

boireann (comparative boirinne)

  1. female, feminine
  2. (linguistics) feminine

Declension

Declension of boireann (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative boireann bhoireann boireann
genitive bhoirinn boirinne, boirinn boireann
dative boireann bhoirinn boireann
vocative bhoirinn bhoireann boireann

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutation of boireann
radical lenition
boireann bhoireann

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “boireann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “boinenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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