breitheamh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish brithem, breithem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
breitheamh m (genitive singular breithimh or breitheamhan, nominative plural breithiúna or breitheamhain)
Declension edit
Standard inflection (first declension):
Declension of breitheamh
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative inflection (fifth declension):
Declension of breitheamh
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: brehon
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breitheamh | bhreitheamh | mbreitheamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
- Entries containing “breitheamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “breitheamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 72
Scottish Gaelic edit
Noun edit
breitheamh m (genitive singular breitheimh, plural breitheamhan)
- Alternative form of britheamh
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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| Radical | Lenition |
| breitheamh | bhreitheamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |