breithiúnacht

Irish

Etymology

From breitheamh, breithiúna +‎ -acht.

Noun

breithiúnacht f (genitive singular breithiúnachta)

1. (law) judgeship, judicature

Declension

Declension of breithiúnacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative breithiúnacht Vocative a bhreithiúnacht Genitive breithiúnachta Dative breithiúnacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhreithiúnacht Genitive na breithiúnachta Dative leis an mbreithiúnacht don bhreithiúnacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breithiúnacht	bhreithiúnacht	mbreithiúnacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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