Briotanach
See also: Briotánach
Irish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
editBriotanach (genitive singular masculine Briotanaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotanaí, plural Briotanacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Briotanach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Briotanach | Bhriotanach | Briotanacha; Bhriotanacha² | |
Vocative | Bhriotanaigh | Briotanacha | ||
Genitive | Briotanaí | Briotanacha | Briotanach | |
Dative | Briotanach; Bhriotanach¹ |
Bhriotanach; Bhriotanaigh (archaic) |
Briotanacha; Bhriotanacha² | |
Comparative | níos Briotanaí | |||
Superlative | is Briotanaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- An Cholóim Bhriotanach f (“British Columbia”)
- An Comhlathas Briotanach m (“the British Commonwealth”)
- Iar-Bhriotanach (“West Brit”, adjective)
Noun
editBriotanach m (genitive singular Briotanaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of Briotanach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- Iar-Bhriotanach m (“West Brit”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Briotanach | Bhriotanach | mBriotanach |
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) “Briotanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Briotanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024