borráiste

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old French borage, from Medieval Latin borrago, either from Latin borra (short wool, rough hair) or Arabic أبُو العَرَق (literally father of sweat).

Noun

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borráiste m (genitive singular borráiste)

  1. borage (Borago officinalis)

Declension

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Declension of borráiste (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative borráiste
vocative a bhorráiste
genitive borráiste
dative borráiste
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an borráiste
genitive an bhorráiste
dative leis an mborráiste
don bhorráiste

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of borráiste
radical lenition eclipsis
borráiste bhorráiste mborráiste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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