Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ainbreith (“wrong or unjust judgement”), from breth (“act of judging, deciding; judgment, legal ruling, interpretation”). By surface analysis, an- (“bad”) + breith (“judgment, decision”).
Noun
ainbhreith f (genitive singular ainbhreithe, nominative plural ainbhreitheanna)
- (law) unjust judgment
Declension
Declension of ainbhreith (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ainbhreith
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ainbhreitheanna
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| vocative
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a ainbhreith
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a ainbhreitheanna
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| genitive
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ainbhreithe
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ainbhreitheanna
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| dative
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ainbhreith
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ainbhreitheanna
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ainbhreith
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na hainbhreitheanna
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| genitive
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na hainbhreithe
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na n-ainbhreitheanna
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| dative
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leis an ainbhreith
don ainbhreith
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leis na hainbhreitheanna
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of ainbhreith
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ainbhreith
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n-ainbhreith
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hainbhreith
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainbhreith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainbreith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language