briathrach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bríathrach (“having many words; wordy, verbose”), from bríathar. By surface analysis, briathar +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

briathrach (genitive singular masculine briathraich)

  1. talkative, loquacious
  2. wordy, verbose
    Synonym: faclach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of briathrach
radical lenition
briathrach bhriathrach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “briathrach”, 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), “bríathrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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