Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, plural form of Brittō (compare Britt).

Proper noun edit

Bretain m pl (genitive Bretan)

  1. Britons

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative BretainL
Vocative BretnuH
Accusative BretnuH
Genitive BretanN
Dative Bretnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish:

Mutation edit

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.