Briotáin

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Brittānia (“Britain”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲəˈt̪ˠɑːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲit̪ˠɑːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɨt̪ˠanʲ/

Proper noun

An Bhriotáin f (genitive singular na Briotáine)

1. Brittany (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)
2. Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany)

Declension

Declension of Briotáin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Briotáin vocative a Bhriotáin genitive Briotáine dative Briotáin forms with the definite article singular nominative an Bhriotáin genitive na Briotáine dative leis an mBriotáin don Bhriotáin

Derived terms

• Briotáinis f (“Breton (language)”)
• Briotánach (“Breton”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Briotáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Briotáin	Bhriotáin	mBriotáin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “Briotáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 125; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Briotáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Brittany”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026