Bretain

Old Irish

Borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, plural form of Brittō (compare Britt).

Bretain m pl (genitive Bretan)

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	Bretain^L
Vocative	—	—	Bretnu^H
Accusative	—	—	Bretnu^H
Genitive	—	—	Bretan^N
Dative	—	—	Bretnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Middle Irish: Bretain
- Irish: Breatain
- Manx: Bretyn
- Scottish Gaelic: Breatainn

Mutation of *Bretain*
radical	lenition	nasalization
Bretain	Bretain pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mBretain

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