Breatnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Breathnach

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲən̪ˠˈhɑx/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲæn̪ˠəx/, [ˈbʲɾʲæːn̪ˠəx]
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲahnˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲahnˠa(x)/, /ˈbʲɾʲahn̪ˠa(x)/

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, feminine equivalent Bhreatnach, traditionally anglicized as Walsh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Breatnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Breatnach	Bhreatnach	mBreatnach

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) “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, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish Bretnach.

Noun

Breatnach (genitive Breatnach)

1. Breton (person)

Related terms

• A’ Bhreatainn Bheag (“Brittany”)

Mutation

Mutation of Breatnach

radical	lenition
Breatnach	Bhreatnach

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

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