breithiúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas.[1] 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
singular plural
nominative breithiúnas breithiúnais
vocative a bhreithiúnais a bhreithiúnasa
genitive breithiúnais breithiúnas
dative breithiúnas breithiúnais
forms with the definite article
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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 121, page 25
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 264
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 425, page 118
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 47, page 21

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