breithemnas

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brithemnas.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲeθʲəβ̃nəs/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲehəβ̃nəs/

Noun

breithemnas m (genitive brithemnasa)

1. judgment, adjudication
2. jurisdiction

Descendants

• Irish: breithiúnas
• Manx: briwnys
• Scottish Gaelic: breitheanas

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
breithemnas	breithemnas pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbreithemnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language