briathrach
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish bríathrach (“having many words; wordy, verbose”), from bríathar. By surface analysis, briathar + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
briathrach (genitive singular masculine briathraich)
- talkative, loquacious
- wordy, verbose
- Synonym: faclach
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
briathrach | bhriathrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “briathrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bríathrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language