breith

From Old Irish breth, verbal noun of beirid (“to carry, bear, bring forth, judge”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɛh/
• (Aran, Cois Fharraige, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɛ/

breith f (genitive singular breithe, nominative plural breitheanna)

1. verbal noun of beir
2. birth
3. lay (of hens)
4. bearing capacity
5. bringing, taking
6. seizing; catching, overtaking
7. judgment, decision
8. injunction

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume 52, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 26
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

From Old Irish breth, verbal noun of beirid (“to carry, bear, bring forth, judge”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾʲeh/

breith f (genitive singular breith, plural breithean)

1. opinion
2. assessment, judgment
3. decision
4. sentence, verdict

• breitheamh m (“judge”)
• breithnich, thoir breith (“judge”, verb)
• leth-bhreith f (“discrimination”)
• eadar-bhreith f (“arbitration”)

breith f (genitive singular breith, plural breithean)

1. verbal noun of beir
2. birth

• beirsinn

• còir-bhreith (“birthright”)
• co-latha breith (“birthday”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “breith”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language