briotóg
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish Britt (“Briton”) + -óg (compare briotach (“stammering, stuttering”)).
Noun
briotóg f (genitive singular briotóige, nominative plural briotóga)
- (female) lisper
Declension
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Related terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| briotóg | bhriotóg | mbriotóg |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briotóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN