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brithem

brithem

Old Irish

Alternative forms

breithem

Noun

brithem m ‎(genitive brithemon, nominative plural brithemain)

judge; brehon; jurist

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Terms derived from brithem

breithemnas ‎(“adjudication, judgment; jurisdiction; (Doomsday) Judgment”)
brethamail ‎(“judicial”)

brithemandae ‎(“judicial; pertaining to judgment”)
brithemnacht ‎(“judging, judgment, adjudication”)

brithemnaigid ‎(“adjudges”)

Mutation

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