Bretain
Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from
Latin
Brittōnēs
, plural form of
Brittō
(compare
Britt
).
Proper noun
Bretain
m
pl
(
genitive
Bretan
)
Britons
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
—
—
Bretain
L
Vocative
—
—
Bretnu
H
Accusative
—
—
Bretnu
H
Genitive
—
—
Bretan
N
Dative
—
—
Bretnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H
= triggers aspiration
L
= triggers lenition
N
= triggers nasalization
Descendants
Middle Irish:
Irish:
Breatain
Manx:
Bretyn
Scottish Gaelic:
Breatainn
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Nasalization
Bretain
Bretain
pronounced with
/v(ʲ)-/
mBretain
Note:
Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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