bríd

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See also: brid and Bríd

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to the given name Bríd.[1]

Noun

bríd f (genitive singular bríde, nominative plural brídeacha)

  1. (literary) maiden

Declension

Declension of bríd (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bríd brídeacha
vocative a bhríd a bhrídeacha
genitive bríde brídeacha
dative bríd brídeacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhríd na brídeacha
genitive na bríde na mbrídeacha
dative leis an mbríd
don bhríd 		leis na brídeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of bríd
radical lenition eclipsis
bríd bhríd mbríd

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

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “brìdeag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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