britheamh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• breitheamh

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem, breithem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾʲihəv/

Noun

britheamh m (genitive singular britheimh, plural britheamhan)

1. judge, adjudicator, umpire

Related terms

• breith

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
britheamh	bhritheamh
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), “breithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language