borba

See also: Borba

Galician

Noun

borba f (plural borbas)

1. slime, silt, mud, sludge

   Synonyms: lama, vasa, untullo, trollo, barro

2. mucus, goo

   Synonyms: goldro, lismo, mormo, xógo, gogo, garro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “borba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Hungarian

Etymology

bor +‎ -ba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborbɒ]
• Hyphenation: bor‧ba

Noun

borba

1. illative singular of bor

   Vizet kevertek a borba. ― They mixed water into the wine.

Irish

Adjective

borba pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of borb (“fierce, violent; rude; coarse, strong, pungent”)

Noun

borba f (genitive singular borba)

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

Declension

Declension of borba (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative borba vocative a bhorba genitive borba dative borba forms with the definite article singular nominative an bhorba genitive na borba dative leis an mborba don bhorba

Verb

borba

1. present subjunctive analytic of borb

Mutation

Mutated forms of borba

radical	lenition	eclipsis
borba	bhorba	mborba

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “borba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboɾ.ba/

Adjective

borba

1. inflection of borb:
   1. nominative plural feminine/neuter
   2. vocative/accusative plural all genders

Mutation

Mutation of borba

radical	lenition	nasalization
borba	borba pronounced with /β-/	mborba

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǒrba/
• Hyphenation: bor‧ba

Noun

bòrba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̀рба)

1. fight
2. combat
3. struggle

Declension

Declension of borba

	singular	plural
nominative	borba	borbe
genitive	borbe	bórbā / bórbī
dative	borbi	borbama
accusative	borbu	borbe
vocative	borbo	borbe
locative	borbi	borbama
instrumental	borbom	borbama

References

• “borba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borьba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːrba/

Noun

bọ̑rba f

1. fight
2. combat
3. struggle

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bórba
gen. sing.	bórbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bórba	bórbi	bórbe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bórbe	bórb	bórb
dative (dajȃlnik)	bórbi	bórbama	bórbam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bórbo	bórbi	bórbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bórbi	bórbah	bórbah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bórbo	bórbama	bórbami

Further reading

• “borba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “borba”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references