Breathnach

Irish

Adjective

Breathnach (genitive singular masculine Breathnaigh, genitive singular feminine Breathnaí, plural Breathnacha, not comparable)

1. Alternative form of Breatnach (“Welsh”)

Declension

Declension of Breathnach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Breathnach	Bhreathnach	Breathnacha; Bhreathnacha²
Vocative	Bhreathnaigh		Breathnacha
Genitive		Breathnaí	Breathnacha	Breathnach
Dative	Breathnach; Bhreathnach¹	Bhreathnach; Bhreathnaigh (archaic)	Breathnacha; Bhreathnacha²
Comparative	níos Breathnaí
Superlative	is Breathnaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun 1

Breathnach m (genitive singular Breathnaigh, nominative plural Breathnaigh)

1. Alternative form of Breatnach (“Welshman”)

Declension

Declension of Breathnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Breathnach Breathnaigh Vocative a Bhreathnaigh a Bhreathnacha Genitive Breathnaigh Breathnach Dative Breathnach Breathnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Breathnach na Breathnaigh Genitive an Bhreathnaigh na mBreathnach Dative leis an mBreathnach don Bhreathnach leis na Breathnaigh

Noun 2

Breathnach f (genitive singular Breathnaí, nominative plural Breathnacha)

1. Alternative form of Breatnach (“Welshwoman”)

Declension

Declension of Breathnach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Breathnach Breathnacha Vocative a Bhreathnach a Bhreathnacha Genitive Breathnaí Breathnach Dative Breathnach Breathnacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bhreathnach na Breathnacha Genitive na Breathnaí na mBreathnach Dative leis an mBreathnach don Bhreathnach leis na Breathnacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Breathnach	Bhreathnach	mBreathnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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