Breatnach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish Bretnach, synchronically Breatain + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Breatnach (genitive singular masculine Breatnaigh, genitive singular feminine Breatnaí, plural Breatnacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of Breatnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Breatnach | Bhreatnach | Breatnacha; Bhreatnacha² | |
| Vocative | Bhreatnaigh | Breatnacha | ||
| Genitive | Breatnaí | Breatnacha | Breatnach | |
| Dative | Breatnach; Bhreatnach¹ |
Bhreatnach; Bhreatnaigh (archaic) |
Breatnacha; Bhreatnacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
Breatnach m (genitive singular Breatnaigh, nominative plural Breatnaigh)
- Welsh person (male or female)
Declension
Declension of Breatnach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Breatnach | Bhreatnach | mBreatnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Breatnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Bretnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Breatnach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Breatnach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish Bretnach.
Related terms
- A’ Bhreatainn Bheag (“Brittany”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| Breatnach | Bhreatnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Bretnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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