breithiúnas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas. By surface analysis, breith(eamh) +‎ -únas.

Pronunciation

Noun

breithiúnas m (genitive singular breithiúnais, nominative plural breithiúnais)

  1. judgment

Declension

Declension of breithiúnas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative breithiúnas breithiúnais
vocative a bhreithiúnais a bhreithiúnasa
genitive breithiúnais breithiúnas
dative breithiúnas breithiúnais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an breithiúnas na breithiúnais
genitive an bhreithiúnais na mbreithiúnas
dative leis an mbreithiúnas
don bhreithiúnas 		leis na breithiúnais

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithiúnas
radical lenition eclipsis
breithiúnas bhreithiúnas mbreithiúnas

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 264

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