bórás
See also: boras and Borås
Irish
Etymology
From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*būrag).
Noun
bórás m (genitive singular bóráis)
- (inorganic chemistry) borax
Declension
Declension of bórás
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Derived terms
- bórásach (“boracic”)
- cnapbhórás m (“borax bead”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bórás | bhórás | mbórás |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "bórás" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.