borrúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- bórthúil
Adjective
borrúil (genitive singular masculine borrúil, genitive singular feminine borrúla, plural borrúla, comparative borrúla)
- (of soil) rich
- (of plants) fast-growing
- (of persons) go-ahead, enterprising
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| borrúil | bhorrúil | mborrúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "borrúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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