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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Brigit f (genitive Brigte or Brigite)
- (Irish mythology) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of the Dagdae of the Túatha Dé Danann.
- (Christianity) Brigid of Kildare (c. 451–521), an Irish saint adapted from the goddess.
- a female given name from Proto-Celtic, equivalent to English Bridget
Declension
| Feminine ī-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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BrigitL
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| Vocative
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BrigitL
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| Accusative
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BrigtiN, Brigiti
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| Genitive
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BrigteH, Brigite
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| Dative
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BrigtiL, Brigiti
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| Brigit
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Brigit
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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mBrigit
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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