bréidín

Irish

Etymology 1

From bréid + -ín.

Noun

bréidín m (genitive singular bréidín, nominative plural bréidíní)

  1. homespun (cloth); tweed
  2. kerchief
    Synonyms: brat cinn, cafarr, ciarsúr
  3. (in the plural) gossamer
  4. layer

Etymology 2

See bréitsín.

Noun

bréidín m (genitive singular bréidín, nominative plural bréidíní)

  1. Alternative form of bréitsín (wavelet; roll (of hay))

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bréidín bhréidín mbréidín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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