breithiúnas
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Alternative forms
- breitheamhnas (superseded)
- breithiúnachas, breithiúntas
Etymology
From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas. By surface analysis, breith(eamh) + -únas.
Pronunciation
Noun
breithiúnas m (genitive singular breithiúnais, nominative plural breithiúnais)
Declension
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Derived terms
- cathaoir bhreithiúnais
- Lá an Bhreithiúnais
Related terms
- breitheamh
- breithiúnach
- breithiúnaí
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| breithiúnas | bhreithiúnas | mbreithiúnas |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 264
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithiúnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breiṫeaṁnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breithiúnas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “breithiúnas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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