bréin

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Irish

Adjective

bréin

  1. inflection of bréan:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Noun

bréin

  1. inflection of bréan:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréin
radical lenition eclipsis
bréin bhréin mbréin

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

bréin

  1. inflection of bréin:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. accusative/dative singular feminine
    3. genitive singular neuter
    4. nominative plural masculine

Mutation

Mutation of bréin
radical lenition nasalization
bréin bréin
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbréin

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