Briotáinis

Irish

Etymology

From an Bhriotáin (“Brittany”) +‎ -is (“-ish, -ese”, language suffix).

Proper noun

Briotáinis f (genitive Briotáinise)

1. the Breton language

Declension

Declension of Briotáinis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Briotáinis Vocative a Bhriotáinis Genitive Briotáinise Dative Briotáinis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Bhriotáinis Genitive na Briotáinise Dative leis an mBriotáinis don Bhriotáinis

Related terms

• Briotánach (“Breton”, adjective)
• Briotánach m (“a Breton person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Briotáinis	Bhriotáinis	mBriotáinis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Briotáinis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotáinis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Briotáinis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024