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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)
- (law, sports) judge
Declension
Standard inflection (first declension):
Alternative inflection (fifth declension):
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
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Eclipsis
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| breitheamh
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bhreitheamh
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mbreitheamh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
- Entries containing “breitheamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “breitheamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 72
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
breitheamh m (genitive singular breitheimh, plural breitheamhan)
- Alternative form of britheamh
Mutation
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| breitheamh |
bhreitheamh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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