Breatain Bheag
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “Little Britain”.
Proper noun
[edit]An Bhreatain Bheag f (genitive na Breataine Bige)
- Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Related terms
[edit]- An Bhreatain Mhór f (“Great Britain”)
- Breatnach m (“a Welsh person”)
- Breatnach (“Welsh”, adjective)
- Breatnais f (“the Welsh language”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Breatain Bheag | Bhreatain Bheag | mBreatain Bheag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Wales”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “an Bhreatain Bheag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024