briotach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish britach, brittach (“stammering, stuttering”), from Britt (“Briton”).
Adjective
editbriotach (genitive singular masculine briotaigh, genitive singular feminine briotaí, plural briotacha, comparative briotaí)
Declension
editDeclension of briotach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | briotach | bhriotach | briotacha; bhriotacha² | |
Vocative | bhriotaigh | briotacha | ||
Genitive | briotaí | briotacha | briotach | |
Dative | briotach; bhriotach¹ |
bhriotach; bhriotaigh (archaic) |
briotacha; bhriotacha² | |
Comparative | níos briotaí | |||
Superlative | is briotaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
briotach | bhriotach | mbriotach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briotach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “briotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024