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

Mutated forms of Briotánach
radical lenition eclipsis
Briotánach Bhriotánach mBriotánach

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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