Breatnais

See also: Breatannais

Irish

Alternative forms

• Breathnais

Etymology

From Old Irish Bretnas. By surface analysis, Breatain +‎ -is.

Proper noun

Breatnais f (genitive Breatnaise)

1. Welsh (language)

Declension

Declension of Breatnais

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Breatnais Vocative a Bhreatnais Genitive Breatnaise Dative Breatnais

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Bhreatnais Genitive na Breatnaise Dative leis an mBreatnais don Bhreatnais

Related terms

• An Bhreatain Bheag f (“Wales”)
• Breatnach (“Welshman, Welshwoman”, noun)
• Breatnach (“Welsh”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Breatnais	Bhreatnais	mBreatnais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Breatnais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Bretnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “Breatnais” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Breatnais” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.