breathnaigh
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish brethnaigid (“to judge”), from breth (“judgment”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲan̪ˠə/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲæːn̪ˠə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲahnˠi/
Verb
[edit]breathnaigh (present analytic breathnaíonn, future analytic breathnóidh, verbal noun breathnú, past participle breathnaithe) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of breathnaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
[edit]- aisbhreathnaigh (“look back”, verb)
- breathnadóir m, breathnóir m (“observer, spectator”)
- breathnaigh ó (“to look (idly) around (oneself)”, verb)
- fadbhreathnaitheacht f (“far-sightedness”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
breathnaigh | bhreathnaigh | mbreathnaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breathnaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brethnaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breaṫnuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 85
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
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