breith
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish breth, verbal noun of beirid (“to carry, bear, bring forth, judge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
breith f (genitive singular breithe, nominative plural breitheanna)
- verbal noun of beir
- birth
- lay (of hens)
- bearing capacity
- bringing, taking
- seizing; catching, overtaking
- judgment, decision
- injunction
Declension
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Derived terms
- ainbhreith f (“perverse judgment, unjust judgment”)
- beobhreitheacht f (“viviparity”)
- breith clainne (“childbirth”)
- claonbhreith f (“perverse judgment, unjust judgment”)
- pobalbhreith f (“plebiscite”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| breith | bhreith | mbreith |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 199
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 26
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish breth, verbal noun of beirid (“to carry, bear, bring forth, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾʲeh/
Noun
breith f (genitive singular breith, plural breithean)
Derived terms
- breitheamh m (“judge”)
- breithnich, thoir breith (“judge”, verb)
- leth-bhreith f (“discrimination”)
- eadar-bhreith f (“arbitration”)
Noun
breith f (genitive singular breith, plural breithean)
Synonyms
- beirsinn
Derived terms
- còir-bhreith (“birthright”)
- co-là-breith (“birthday”)
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “breith”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language