breithlá

Irish

Etymology

From breith (“birth”) +‎ lá (“day”).

Noun

breithlá m (genitive singular breithlae, nominative plural breithlaethanta)

  1. birthday

Declension
Declension of breithlá

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative breithlá breithlaethanta
Vocative a bhreithlá a bhreithlaethanta
Genitive breithlae breithlaethanta
Dative breithlá breithlaethanta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an breithlá na breithlaethanta
Genitive an bhreithlae na mbreithlaethanta
Dative leis an mbreithlá

don bhreithlá

 leis na breithlaethanta

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breithlá bhreithlá mbreithlá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithlá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “birthday”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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