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Borr

Borr

See also: borr and bǫrr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • Búrr

Proper noun

Borr m (genitive Bors)

  1. (Norse mythology) Borr

borr

borr

See also: Borr and bǫrr

Irish

Noun

borr m (genitive singular borr)

  1. Alternative form of borradh
Derived terms
  • i mborr le

Etymology 2

From Old Irish borr (swelling; swollen, thick).

Adjective

borr (genitive singular masculine boirr, genitive singular feminine boirre, plural borra, comparative boirre)

  1. (literary) puffed, proud; luxuriant
Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Irish borraid (swells, becomes swollen, bloated), from borr.

Verb

borr (present analytic borrann, future analytic borrfaidh, verbal noun borradh, past participle borrtha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) swell, grow
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
borr bhorr mborr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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