breithiúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• breithiúnasach
• breitheamhnach (obsolete)

Etymology

From breithiún- +‎ -ach

Adjective

breithiúnach (genitive singular masculine breithiúnaigh, genitive singular feminine breithiúnaí, plural breithiúnacha, comparative breithiúnaí)

1. judicial
2. critical (inclined to find fault), judgmental, judgy
3. judicious

Declension

Declension of breithiúnach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	breithiúnach	bhreithiúnach	breithiúnacha; bhreithiúnacha2
vocative	bhreithiúnaigh		breithiúnacha
genitive		breithiúnaí	breithiúnacha	breithiúnach
dative	breithiúnach; bhreithiúnach1	bhreithiúnach; bhreithiúnaigh (archaic)	breithiúnacha; bhreithiúnacha2
Comparative	níos breithiúnaí
Superlative	is breithiúnaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithiúnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breithiúnach	bhreithiúnach	mbreithiúnach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “breithiúnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithemnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breiṫeaṁnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithiúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN