borrúil

Irish

Alternative forms
  • bórthúil

Etymology

Adjective

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

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

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