briotaire

briotaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Britt (“Briton”) +‎ -aire (compare brittach (“stammering, stuttering”)).

Noun

briotaire m (genitive singular briotaire, nominative plural briotairí)

1. lisper

Declension

Declension of briotaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative briotaire briotairí Vocative a bhriotaire a bhriotairí Genitive briotaire briotairí Dative briotaire briotairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an briotaire na briotairí Genitive an bhriotaire na mbriotairí Dative leis an mbriotaire don bhriotaire leis na briotairí

Related terms

• briotach (“lisping”)
• briotóg (“lisping woman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briotaire	bhriotaire	mbriotaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.