brithemnas

Old Irish

Etymology

brithem (“judge; jurist”) +‎ -as

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲrʲiθʲeṽnas]

Noun

brithemnas m (genitive brithemnasa)

1. judgment, adjudication
2. jurisdiction

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	brithemnas	—	—
Vocative	brithemnas	—	—
Accusative	brithemnasN	—	—
Genitive	breithemnasoH, breithemnasaH	—	—
Dative	brithemnasL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (judgment, adjudication): breithemnacht

Descendants

• Middle Irish: breithemnas
  • Irish: breithiúnas
  • Manx: briwnys
  • Scottish Gaelic: breitheanas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
breithemnas	breithemnas pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbreithemnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language