Breatain

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Bretain, borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, nominative plural of Brittō.

Proper noun

An Bhreatain f (genitive na Breataine)

  1. Britain

Declension

Declension of Breatain (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Breatain
vocative a Bhreatain
genitive Breataine
dative Breatain
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Bhreatain
genitive na Breataine
dative leis an mBreatain
don Bhreatain

Mutation

Mutated forms of Breatain
radical lenition eclipsis
Breatain Bhreatain mBreatain

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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