Briotanach

See also: Briotánach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Briotanach (genitive singular masculine Briotanaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotanaí, plural Briotanacha, not comparable)

  1. British

Declension

Declension of Briotanach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Briotanach Bhriotanach Briotanacha;
Bhriotanacha2
vocative Bhriotanaigh Briotanacha
genitive Briotanaí Briotanacha Briotanach
dative Briotanach;
Bhriotanach1 		Bhriotanach;
Bhriotanaigh (archaic) 		Briotanacha;
Bhriotanacha2
Comparative níos Briotanaí
Superlative is Briotanaí

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

Derived terms

Noun

Briotanach m (genitive singular Briotanaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)

  1. Briton

Declension

Declension of Briotanach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Briotanach Briotanaigh
vocative a Bhriotanaigh a Bhriotanacha
genitive Briotanaigh Briotanach
dative Briotanach Briotanaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Briotanach na Briotanaigh
genitive an Bhriotanaigh na mBriotanach
dative leis an mBriotanach
don Bhriotanach 		leis na Briotanaigh

Derived terms

  • Iar-Bhriotanach m (“West Brit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Briotanach
radical lenition eclipsis
Briotanach Bhriotanach mBriotanach

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

Further reading

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