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Where does “boireannta” come from?

boireannta (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic -te, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

boireannta (Scottish Gaelic): effeminate

Definitions

  1. effeminate

Ancestry of “boireannta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelic-teUsed to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense...
2Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

Words derived from “boireannta”

  • boireanntachd
Every word from Old Irish -de →