borrúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Adjective

borrúil (genitive singular masculine borrúil, genitive singular feminine borrúla, plural borrúla, comparative borrúla)

  1. rich (of soil)
  2. fast-growing (of plants)
  3. go-ahead, enterprising (of persons)
  4. puffy

Declension

Declension of borrúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative borrúil bhorrúil borrúla;
bhorrúla2
vocative bhorrúil borrúla
genitive borrúla borrúla borrúil
dative borrúil;
bhorrúil1 		bhorrúil borrúla;
bhorrúla2
Comparative níos borrúla
Superlative is borrúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • borrúlacht f (“growth, expansion; enterprise; puffiness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of borrúil
radical lenition eclipsis
borrúil bhorrúil mborrúil

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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