Briotanach
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See also: Briotánach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
[edit]Briotanach (genitive singular masculine Briotanaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotanaí, plural Briotanacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Briotanach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Briotanach | Bhriotanach | Briotanacha; Bhriotanacha² | |
Vocative | Bhriotanaigh | Briotanacha | ||
Genitive | Briotanaí | Briotanacha | Briotanach | |
Dative | Briotanach; Bhriotanach¹ |
Bhriotanach; Bhriotanaigh (archaic) |
Briotanacha; Bhriotanacha² | |
Comparative | níos Briotanaí | |||
Superlative | is Briotanaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- An Cholóim Bhriotanach f (“British Columbia”)
- An Comhlathas Briotanach m (“the British Commonwealth”)
- Iar-Bhriotanach (“West Brit”, adjective)
Noun
[edit]Briotanach m (genitive singular Briotanaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Briotanach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- Iar-Bhriotanach m (“West Brit”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Briotanach | Bhriotanach | mBriotanach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Briotanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Briotanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024