Irish
- breoiteán
- breoidhteachán, breóiteachán (superseded)
Etymology
From breoite + -achán.
Pronunciation
Noun
breoiteachán m (genitive singular breoiteacháin, nominative plural breoiteacháin)
- habitually sick person, invalid
Declension
Declension of breoiteachán (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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breoiteachán
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breoiteacháin
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| vocative
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a bhreoiteacháin
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a bhreoiteachána
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| genitive
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breoiteacháin
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breoiteachán
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| dative
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breoiteachán
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breoiteacháin
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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 breoiteachán
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na breoiteacháin
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| genitive
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an bhreoiteacháin
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na mbreoiteachán
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| dative
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leis an mbreoiteachán don bhreoiteachán
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leis na breoiteacháin
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Mutation
Mutated forms of breoiteachán
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| breoiteachán
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bhreoiteachán
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mbreoiteachán
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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
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “breoiḋteaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 123; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breoiteachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN