borbacht

borbacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• boirbeacht

Etymology

From Old Irish burbacht, buirbecht.

Noun

borbacht f (genitive singular borbachta)

1. Synonym of boirbe (“fierceness; rudeness; coarseness; rankness”)

Declension

Declension of borbacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative borbacht Vocative a bhorbacht Genitive borbachta Dative borbacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhorbacht Genitive na borbachta Dative leis an mborbacht don bhorbacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
borbacht	bhorbacht	mborbacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "borba" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “burbacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.