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Breathnach
Breathnach
Irish
Adjective
Breathnach (genitive singular masculine Breathnaigh, genitive singular feminine Breathnaí, plural Breathnacha, not comparable)
- Alternative form of Breatnach (“Welsh”)
Declension
Declension of Breathnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Breathnach | Breathnach¹ | Breathnacha³ | |
| Vocative | Breathnaigh¹ | Breathnach¹ | Breathnacha | |
| Genitive | Breathnaigh¹ | Breathnaí (obsolete) Breathnaighe |
Breathnacha | Breathnach |
| Dative | Breathnach² | Breathnach¹ (archaic) Breathnaigh¹ |
Breathnacha³ | |
| Comparative | Breathnaí (obsolete) Breathnaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun 1
Breathnach m (genitive singular Breathnaigh, nominative plural Breathnaigh)
- Alternative form of Breatnach (“Welshman”)
Declension
Declension of Breathnach
First declension
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Noun 2
Breathnach f (genitive singular Breathnaí, nominative plural Breathnacha)
- Alternative form of Breatnach (“Welshwoman”)
Declension
Declension of Breathnach
Second declension
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Breathnach | Bhreathnach | mBreathnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "Breathnach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.