Breatnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Breathnach

Etymology

From Middle Irish Bretnach, synchronically Breatain +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲəˈn̪ˠax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲan̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲan̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

Breatnach (genitive singular masculine Breatnaigh, genitive singular feminine Breatnaí, plural Breatnacha, not comparable)

1. Welsh

Declension

Declension of Breatnach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Breatnach	Bhreatnach	Breatnacha; Bhreatnacha²
Vocative	Bhreatnaigh		Breatnacha
Genitive		Breatnaí	Breatnacha	Breatnach
Dative	Breatnach; Bhreatnach¹	Bhreatnach; Bhreatnaigh (archaic)	Breatnacha; Bhreatnacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Breatnach m (genitive singular Breatnaigh, nominative plural Breatnaigh)

1. Welsh person (male or female)

Declension

Declension of Breatnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Breatnach Breatnaigh Vocative a Bhreatnaigh a Bhreatnacha Genitive Breatnaigh Breatnach Dative Breatnach Breatnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Breatnach na Breatnaigh Genitive an Bhreatnaigh na mBreatnach Dative leis an mBreatnach don Bhreatnach leis na Breatnaigh

Proper noun

Breatnach m or f (genitive Breatnaigh)

1. a surname, traditionally anglicized as Walsh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Breatnach	Bhreatnach	mBreatnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Breatnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Bretnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Breatnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Breatnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish Bretnach.

Noun

Breatnach (genitive Breatnach)

1. Breton (person)

Related terms

• A’ Bhreatainn Bheag (“Brittany”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Breatnach	Bhreatnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Bretnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language