breithemnas

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brithemnas.

Pronunciation

(earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲeθʲəṽnəs/
(later) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲehəṽnəs/

Noun

breithemnas m (genitive brithemnasa)

Descendants

Irish: breithiúnas
Manx: briwnys
Scottish Gaelic: breitheanas

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
breithemnas	breithemnas pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbreithemnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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