breochloch

Irish

Etymology

From breo (“torch; brand”) +‎ cloch (“stone”).

Noun

breochloch f (genitive singular breochloiche, nominative plural breochlocha)

1. flint

Declension

Declension of breochloch

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative breochloch breochlocha Vocative a breochloch a breochlocha Genitive breochloiche breochloch Dative breochloch breochloich (archaic, dialectal) breochlocha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an breochloch na breochlocha Genitive na breochloiche na breochloch Dative leis an breochloch leis an breochloich (archaic, dialectal) don breochloch don breochloich (archaic, dialectal) leis na breochlocha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breochloch	bhreochloch	mbreochloch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breochloch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breochloch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm