breithiúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas. By surface analysis, breitheamh + -as.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲəˈhuːn̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhuːvˠnəsˠ/,[1] /ˈbʲɾʲaunəsˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhuːnˠəsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhunˠəsˠ/

Noun

breithiúnas m (genitive singular breithiúnais, nominative plural breithiúnais)

  1. judgment

Declension

Derived terms

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

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 264

Further reading

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