Boirneoch

Boirneoch

Irish

Etymology

Boirneo (“Borneo”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix)

Adjective

Boirneoch (genitive singular masculine Boirneoigh, genitive singular feminine Boirneoiche, plural Boirneocha, not comparable)

1. Bornean

Declension

Declension of Boirneoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Boirneoch	Bhoirneoch	Boirneocha; Bhoirneocha²
Vocative	Bhoirneoigh		Boirneocha
Genitive		Boirneoiche	Boirneocha	Boirneoch
Dative	Boirneoch; Bhoirneoch¹	Bhoirneoch; Bhoirneoigh (archaic)	Boirneocha; Bhoirneocha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Boirneoch m (genitive singular Boirneoigh, nominative plural Boirneoigh)

1. Bornean

Declension

Declension of Boirneoch

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Boirneoch Boirneoigh Vocative a Bhoirneoigh a Bhoirneocha Genitive Boirneoigh Boirneoch Dative Boirneoch Boirneoigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Boirneoch na Boirneoigh Genitive an Bhoirneoigh na mBoirneoch Dative leis an mBoirneoch don Bhoirneoch leis na Boirneoigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Boirneoch	Bhoirneoch	mBoirneoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "Boirneoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.