breitheamh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish brithem, breithem.
Noun
breitheamh m (genitive singular breithimh or breitheamhan, nominative plural breithiúna or breitheamhain)
Declension
Standard inflection (first declension):
Declension of breitheamh
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative inflection (fifth declension):
Declension of breitheamh
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: brehon
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breitheamh | bhreitheamh | mbreitheamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breitheamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “breitheamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
breitheamh m (genitive singular breitheimh, plural breitheamhan)
- Alternative form of britheamh
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
breitheamh | bhreitheamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |