Breta
Middle Irish
Etymology
Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”).
Proper noun
Breta f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| Breta | Breta pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mBreta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Bretain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language