Breatnais
See also: Breatannais
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish Bretnas. By surface analysis, Breatain + -is.
Proper noun
Breatnais f (genitive Breatnaise)
- Welsh (language)
Declension
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Related terms
- An Bhreatain Bheag f (“Wales”)
- Breatnach (“Welshman, Welshwoman”, noun)
- Breatnach (“Welsh”, adjective)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Breatnais | Bhreatnais | mBreatnais |
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) “Breatnais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Bretnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Breatnais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Breatnais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025