breithnigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish brethnaigid (to judge),[1] from breth (judgment). Doublet of breathnaigh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲenʲhə/, /ˈbʲɾʲenʲhɪɟ/

Verb

breithnigh (present analytic breithníonn, future analytic breithneoidh, verbal noun breithniú, past participle breithnithe) (transitive)

  1. to adjudge
  2. to adjudicate
  3. to peruse

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithnigh
radical lenition eclipsis
breithnigh bhreithnigh mbreithnigh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brethnaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • breithnigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “breaṫnuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithnigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN