breithiúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

• breitheamhnas (superseded)
• breithiúnachas, breithiúntas

Etymology

From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas. By surface analysis, breith(eamh) +‎ -únas.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲəˈhuːn̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhuːvˠnəsˠ/, /ˈbʲɾʲaunəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhuːnˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhunˠəsˠ/

Noun

breithiúnas m (genitive singular breithiúnais, nominative plural breithiúnais)

1. judgment

Declension

Declension of breithiúnas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative breithiúnas breithiúnais Vocative a bhreithiúnais a bhreithiúnasa Genitive breithiúnais breithiúnas Dative breithiúnas breithiúnais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an breithiúnas na breithiúnais Genitive an bhreithiúnais na mbreithiúnas Dative leis an mbreithiúnas don bhreithiúnas leis na breithiúnais

Derived terms

• cathaoir bhreithiúnais
• Lá an Bhreithiúnais

Related terms

• breitheamh
• breithiúnach
• breithiúnaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breithiúnas	bhreithiúnas	mbreithiúnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithiúnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breiṫeaṁnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breithiúnas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “breithiúnas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024