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Irish
Etymology 1
From bréid + -ín.
Noun
bréidín m (genitive singular bréidín, nominative plural bréidíní)
- homespun (cloth); tweed
- kerchief
- Synonyms: brat cinn, cafarr, ciarsúr
- (in the plural) gossamer
- layer
Etymology 2
See bréitsín.
Noun
bréidín m (genitive singular bréidín, nominative plural bréidíní)
- Alternative form of bréitsín (“wavelet; roll (of hay)”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| bréidín
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bhréidín
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mbréidín
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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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