Briotánach

See also: Briotanach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bhriotáin (“Brittany”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Briotánach (genitive singular masculine Briotánaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotánaí, plural Briotánacha, not comparable)

1. Breton

Declension

Declension of Briotánach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Briotánach	Bhriotánach	Briotánacha; Bhriotánacha2
vocative	Bhriotánaigh		Briotánacha
genitive		Briotánaí	Briotánacha	Briotánach
dative	Briotánach; Bhriotánach1	Bhriotánach; Bhriotánaigh (archaic)	Briotánacha; Bhriotánacha2
Comparative	níos Briotánaí
Superlative	is Briotánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Briotáinis f (“Breton language”)

Noun

Briotánach m (genitive singular Briotánaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)

1. Breton (person)

Declension

Declension of Briotánach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Briotánach Briotánaigh vocative a Bhriotánaigh a Bhriotánacha genitive Briotánaigh Briotánach dative Briotánach Briotánaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Briotánach na Briotánaigh genitive an Bhriotánaigh na mBriotánach dative leis an mBriotánach don Bhriotánach leis na Briotánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Briotánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Briotánach	Bhriotánach	mBriotánach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Briotánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Breton”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm