breithlá

Irish

Etymology

From breith (“birth”) +‎ lá (“day”).

Noun

breithlá m (genitive singular breithlae, nominative plural breithlaethanta)

1. birthday

Declension

Declension of breithlá

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative breithlá breithlaethanta Vocative a bhreithlá a bhreithlaethanta Genitive breithlae breithlaethanta Dative breithlá breithlaethanta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an breithlá na breithlaethanta Genitive an bhreithlae na mbreithlaethanta Dative leis an mbreithlá don bhreithlá leis na breithlaethanta

Synonyms

• lá breithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breithlá	bhreithlá	mbreithlá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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