Breatain Bheag

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Irish

Etymology

Literally, “Little Britain”.

Proper noun

An Bhreatain Bheag f (genitive na Breataine Bige)

Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Related terms

An Bhreatain Mhór f (“Great Britain”)
Breatnach m (“a Welsh person”)
Breatnach (“Welsh”, adjective)
Breatnais f (“the Welsh language”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Breatain Bheag	Bhreatain Bheag	mBreatain Bheag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Wales”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“an Bhreatain Bheag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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