briotach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish britach, brittach (“stammering, stuttering”), from Britt (“Briton”).
Adjective
[edit]briotach (genitive singular masculine briotaigh, genitive singular feminine briotaí, plural briotacha, comparative briotaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of briotach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | briotach | bhriotach | briotacha; bhriotacha² | |
| Vocative | bhriotaigh | briotacha | ||
| Genitive | briotaí | briotacha | briotach | |
| Dative | briotach; bhriotach¹ |
bhriotach; bhriotaigh (archaic) |
briotacha; bhriotacha² | |
| Comparative | níos briotaí | |||
| Superlative | is briotaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| briotach | bhriotach | mbriotach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briotach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “briotach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024