breáichte

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From breá +‎ -ichte.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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breáichte f (genitive singular breáichte)

  1. beauty, splendour
    Synonym: áilleacht
  2. fineness (quality or degree of being fine)
Declension
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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breáichte[3]

  1. (Ulster) comparative degree of breá

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breáichte bhreáichte mbreáichte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 334, page 116
  3. ^ Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Dublin: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, →ISBN, § 5.9, page 85