britheamh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

breitheamh

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem, breithem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɾʲihəv/

Noun

britheamh m (genitive singular britheimh, plural britheamhan)

judge, adjudicator, umpire

Related terms

breith

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
britheamh	bhritheamh
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), “breithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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