breitheamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem, breithem.

Pronunciation

Noun

breitheamh m (genitive singular breithimh or breitheamhan, nominative plural breithiúna or breitheamhain)

  1. (law, sports) judge

Declension

Standard inflection (first declension):

Declension of breitheamh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative breitheamh breithiúna
vocative a bhreithimh a bhreithiúna
genitive breithimh breithiúna
dative breitheamh breithiúna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an breitheamh na breithiúna
genitive an bhreithimh na mbreithiúna
dative leis an mbreitheamh
don bhreitheamh
leis na breithiúna

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

Declension of breitheamh (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative breitheamh breitheamhain
vocative a bhreitheamh a bhreitheamhain
genitive breitheamhan breitheamhan
dative breitheamh
breitheamhain (archaic, dialectal)
breitheamhain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an breitheamh na breitheamhain
genitive an bhreitheamhan na mbreitheamhan
dative leis an mbreitheamh
leis an mbreitheamhain (archaic, dialectal)
don bhreitheamh
don bhreitheamhain (archaic, dialectal)
leis na breitheamhain

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: brehon

Mutation

Mutated forms of breitheamh
radical lenition eclipsis
breitheamh bhreitheamh mbreitheamh

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

breitheamh m (genitive singular breitheimh, plural breitheamhan)

  1. Alternative form of britheamh

Mutation

Mutation of breitheamh
radical lenition
breitheamh bhreitheamh

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