briotach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish britach, brittach (“stammering, stuttering”), from Britt (“Briton”).
Adjective
briotach (genitive singular masculine briotaigh, genitive singular feminine briotaí, plural briotacha, comparative briotaí)
- lisping
Declension
Declension of briotach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | briotach | bhriotach | briotacha; bhriotacha² | |
Vocative | bhriotaigh | briotacha | ||
Genitive | briotaí | briotacha | briotach | |
Dative | briotach; bhriotach¹ | bhriotach; bhriotaigh (archaic) | briotacha; bhriotacha² | |
Comparative | níos briotaí | |||
Superlative | is briotaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- briotaire (“lisping person”)
- briotóg (“lisping woman”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
briotach | bhriotach | mbriotach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “briotach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “briotach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “briotach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.