briocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bricht.

Noun

briocht m (genitive singular breachta, nominative plural briochtaí)

1. spell, charm
2. amulet

Declension

Declension of briocht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative briocht briochtaí Vocative a bhriocht a bhriochtaí Genitive breachta briochtaí Dative briocht briochtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an briocht na briochtaí Genitive an bhreachta na mbriochtaí Dative leis an mbriocht don bhriocht leis na briochtaí

Related terms

• breachtradh m

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briocht	bhriocht	mbriocht
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), “1 bricht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brioċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 87
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “briocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024