breochloch

Irish

Etymology

From breo (torch; brand) +‎ cloch (stone).

Noun

breochloch f (genitive singular breochloiche, nominative plural breochlocha)

  1. flint

Declension

Declension of breochloch (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative breochloch breochlocha
vocative a breochloch a breochlocha
genitive breochloiche breochloch
dative breochloch
breochloich (archaic, dialectal)
breochlocha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an breochloch na breochlocha
genitive na breochloiche na breochloch
dative leis an breochloch
leis an breochloich (archaic, dialectal)
don breochloch
don breochloich (archaic, dialectal)
leis na breochlocha

Mutation

Mutated forms of breochloch
radical lenition eclipsis
breochloch bhreochloch mbreochloch

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

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