breitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem, breithem.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhəvˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhu/

Noun

breitheamh m (genitive singular breithimh or breitheamhan, nominative plural breithiúna or breitheamhain)

1. (law, sports) judge

Declension

Standard inflection (first declension):

Declension of breitheamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative breitheamh breithiúna Vocative a bhreithimh a bhreithiúna Genitive breithimh breithiúna Dative breitheamh breithiúna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an breitheamh na breithiúna Genitive an bhreithimh na mbreithiúna Dative leis an mbreitheamh don bhreitheamh leis na breithiúna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

Declension of breitheamh

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative breitheamh breitheamhain Vocative a bhreitheamh a bhreitheamhain Genitive breitheamhan breitheamhan Dative breitheamh breitheamhain (archaic, dialectal) breitheamhain

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an breitheamh na breitheamhain Genitive an bhreitheamhan na mbreitheamhan Dative leis an mbreitheamh leis an mbreitheamhain (archaic, dialectal) don bhreitheamh don bhreitheamhain (archaic, dialectal) leis na breitheamhain

Derived terms

• binse breithimh
• breithiúnach
• breithiúnacht
• breithiúnaí
• breithiúnas
• gúna breithimh
• príomh-bhreitheamh

 

Descendants

• → English: brehon

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breitheamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “breitheamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• 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

Noun

breitheamh m (genitive singular breitheimh, plural breitheamhan)

1. Alternative form of britheamh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
breitheamh	bhreitheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.