Breatain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Bretain, borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, nominative plural of Brittō.

Proper noun

An Bhreatain f (genitive na Breataine)

  1. (loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
  2. Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)

Declension

Declension of Breatain (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Breatain
vocative a Bhreatain
genitive Breataine
dative Breatain
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bhreatain
genitive na Breataine
dative leis an mBreatain
don Bhreatain

Mutation

Mutated forms of Breatain
radical lenition eclipsis
Breatain Bhreatain mBreatain

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

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