breithiúnas
Irish
    
    Alternative forms
    
- breitheamhnas (superseded)
 - breithiúnachas, breithiúntas
 
Etymology
    
From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas. By surface analysis, breitheamh + -as.
Pronunciation
    
Declension
    
Declension of breithiúnas
First declension
| 
 Bare forms: 
  | 
 Forms with the definite article: 
  | 
Derived terms
    
- cathaoir bhreithiúnais
 - Lá an Bhreithiúnais
 
Related terms
    
- breitheamh
 - breithiúnach
 - breithiúnaí
 
Mutation
    
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| breithiúnas | bhreithiúnas | mbreithiúnas | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
    
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
 - Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 264
 
Further reading
    
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithiúnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
 - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
 - Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breiṫeaṁnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
 - Entries containing “breithiúnas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
 - Entries containing “breithiúnas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
 
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.