borradh
Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Irish borrad (“act of swelling”), verbal noun of borraid (“swells, becomes swollen, bloated”), from borr (“swelling; swollen, thick”).
Noun
editborradh m (genitive singular borrtha)
- verbal noun of borr
- swelling, growth
- (electricity, nautical) surge
- Synonyms: borradh cumhachta, borradh leictreachais
- expansion
- Synonyms: fairsingiú, leathnú
Declension
editDeclension of borradh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- borradh trádála (“boom”)
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editborradh m (genitive singular borrtha, nominative plural borrthaí or borraíocha)
Declension
editDeclension of borradh
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of borradh
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
borradh | bhorradh | mborradh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “borrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “borradh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “borradh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024