briotóg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Britt (“Briton”) +‎ -óg (compare brittach (“stammering, stuttering”)).

Noun

briotóg f (genitive singular briotóige, nominative plural briotóga)

1. (female) lisper

Declension

Declension of briotóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative briotóg briotóga Vocative a bhriotóg a bhriotóga Genitive briotóige briotóg Dative briotóg briotóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhriotóg na briotóga Genitive na briotóige na mbriotóg Dative leis an mbriotóg don bhriotóg leis na briotóga

Related terms

• briotach (“lisping”)
• briotaire (“lisper”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briotóg	bhriotóg	mbriotóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briotóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN