breoiteachán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • breoiteán
  • breoidhteachán, breóiteachán (superseded)

Etymology

From breoite +‎ -achán.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˌbʲɾʲoːtʲəˈxɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

breoiteachán m (genitive singular breoiteacháin, nominative plural breoiteacháin)

  1. habitually sick person, invalid

Declension

Declension of breoiteachán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative breoiteachán breoiteacháin
vocative a bhreoiteacháin a bhreoiteachána
genitive breoiteacháin breoiteachán
dative breoiteachán breoiteacháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an breoiteachán na breoiteacháin
genitive an bhreoiteacháin na mbreoiteachán
dative leis an mbreoiteachán
don bhreoiteachán
leis na breoiteacháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of breoiteachán
radical lenition eclipsis
breoiteachán bhreoiteachán mbreoiteachán

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 271, page 135

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