borráiste

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Irish

Etymology

From Old French borage, from Medieval Latin borrago, either from Latin borra (short wool, rough hair) or Arabic أبُو العَرَق (literally father of sweat).

Noun

borráiste m (genitive singular borráiste)

  1. borage (Borago officinalis)

Declension

Declension of borráiste (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative borráiste
vocative a bhorráiste
genitive borráiste
dative borráiste
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an borráiste
genitive an bhorráiste
dative leis an mborráiste
don bhorráiste

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of borráiste
radical lenition eclipsis
borráiste bhorráiste mborráiste

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

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