Briotánach

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Irish

Etymology

From An Bhriotáin (“Brittany”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Briotánach (genitive singular masculine Briotánaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotánaí, plural Briotánacha, not comparable)

  1. Breton

Declension

Declension of Briotánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Briotánach Bhriotánach Briotánacha;
Bhriotánacha²
Vocative Bhriotánaigh Briotánacha
Genitive Briotánaí Briotánacha Briotánach
Dative Briotánach;
Bhriotánach¹ 		Bhriotánach;
Bhriotánaigh (archaic) 		Briotánacha;
Bhriotánacha²
Comparative níos Briotánaí
Superlative is Briotánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Briotánach m (genitive singular Briotánaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)

  1. Breton (person)

Declension

Declension of Briotánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Briotánach Briotánaigh
Vocative a Bhriotánaigh a Bhriotánacha
Genitive Briotánaigh Briotánach
Dative Briotánach Briotánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Briotánach na Briotánaigh
Genitive an Bhriotánaigh na mBriotánach
Dative leis an mBriotánach

don Bhriotánach

leis na Briotánaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Briotánach Bhriotánach mBriotánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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