Breatain
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish Bretain, borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, nominative plural of Brittō.
Proper noun[edit]
An Bhreatain f (genitive na Breataine)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Breatain
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms[edit]
- An Bhreatain Bheag f (“Wales”)
- An Bhreatain Mhór f (“Great Britain”)
- An Nua-Bhreatain f (“New Britain”)
- Breatimeacht m or f (“Brexit”)
- Breatnach (“Welsh”, adjective)
- Breatnach m (“a Welsh person”)
- Breatnais f (“the Welsh language”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Breatain | Bhreatain | mBreatain |
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) “Breatain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Bretain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “Breatain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “an Bhreatain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.