bréidín

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From bréid +‎ -ín.

Noun

bréidín m (genitive singular bréidín, nominative plural bréidíní)

  1. homespun (cloth); tweed
  2. kerchief
    Synonyms: brat cinn, cafarr, ciarsúr
  3. (in the plural) gossamer
  4. layer

Etymology 2

See bréitsín.

Noun

bréidín m (genitive singular bréidín, nominative plural bréidíní)

  1. Alternative form of bréitsín (“wavelet; roll (of hay)”)

Declension

Declension of bréidín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bréidín bréidíní
vocative a bhréidín a bhréidíní
genitive bréidín bréidíní
dative bréidín bréidíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bréidín na bréidíní
genitive an bhréidín na mbréidíní
dative leis an mbréidín
don bhréidín 		leis na bréidíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréidín
radical lenition eclipsis
bréidín bhréidín mbréidín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 402, page 133

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