Breatain Mhór

Irish

Proper noun

An Bhreatain Mhór f (genitive na Breataine Móire)

1. Great Britain

Related terms

• An Bhreatain Bheag (“Wales”, literally “Little Britain”)
• Briotanach (“British”, adjective)
• Briotanach m (“a British person”)
• Rí na Breataine Móire m (“His Britannic Majesty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Breatain Mhór

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Breatain Mhór	Bhreatain Mhór	mBreatain Mhór

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Breatain Mhór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Breatain Mhór”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “an Bhreatain Mhór”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025