briathrach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish bríathrach (“having many words; wordy, verbose”), from bríathar; synchronically, briathar + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prʲiərəx/
Adjective
briathrach (genitive singular masculine briathraich)
- talkative, loquacious
- wordy, verbose
- Synonym: faclach
Derived terms
- briathrachas
- deas-bhriathrach
- dian-bhriathrach
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| briathrach | bhriathrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “briathrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bríathrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language