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Borr
borr
borr
Irish
Noun
borr m (genitive singular borr)
- Alternative form of borradh
Derived terms
- i mborr le
Etymology 2
From Old Irish borr (“swelling; swollen, thick”).
Adjective
borr (genitive singular masculine boirr, genitive singular feminine boirre, plural borra, comparative boirre)
Declension
Declension of borr
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | borr | borr¹ | borra³ | |
| Vocative | boirr¹ | borr¹ | borra | |
| Genitive | boirr¹ | boirre | borra | borr |
| Dative | borr² | borr¹; (archaic) boirr¹ |
borra³ | |
| Comparative | boirre | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 3
From Old Irish borraid (“swells, becomes swollen, bloated”), from borr.
Verb
borr (present analytic borrann, future analytic borrfaidh, verbal noun borradh, past participle borrtha)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | borrim | borrann tú; borrir† |
borrann sé, sí | borrimid | borrann sibh | borrann siad; borrid† |
a bhorrann; a bhorras / a mborrann*; a mborras* |
borrtar |
| past | bhorr mé; bhorras | bhorr tú; bhorris | bhorr sé, sí | bhorramar; bhorr muid | bhorr sibh; bhorrabhair | bhorr siad; bhorradar | a bhorr / ar bhorr* |
borradh | |
| past habitual | bhorrinn | bhorrtá | bhorradh sé, sí | bhorrimis; bhorradh muid | bhorradh sibh | bhorridís; bhorradh siad | a bhorradh / ar bhorradh* |
bhorrtí | |
| future | borrfidh mé; borrfad |
borrfidh tú; borrfir† |
borrfidh sé, sí | borrfimid; borrfidh muid |
borrfidh sibh | borrfidh siad; borrfid† |
a bhorrfidh; a bhorrfas / a mborrfidh*; a mborrfas* |
borrfar | |
| conditional | bhorrfinn | bhorrfá | bhorrfadh sé, sí | bhorrfimis; bhorrfadh muid | bhorrfadh sibh | bhorrfidís; bhorrfadh siad | a bhorrfadh / ar bhorrfadh* |
bhorrfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go mborr mé; go mborrad† |
go mborr tú; go mborrir† |
go mborr sé, sí | go mborrimid; go mborr muid |
go mborr sibh | go mborr siad; go mborrid† |
— | go mborrtar |
| past | dá mborrinn | dá mborrtá | dá mborradh sé, sí | dá mborrimis; dá mborradh muid |
dá mborradh sibh | dá mborridís; dá mborradh siad |
— | dá mborrtí | |
| imperative | borrim | borr | borradh sé, sí | borrimis | borrigí; borridh† |
borridís | — | borrtar | |
| verbal noun | borradh | ||||||||
| past participle | borrtha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| borr | bhorr | mborr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "borr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “borr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “borraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.