Bretnas

See also: bretnas

Old Irish

Etymology

• Bretain +‎ -as

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲrʲetnas]

Proper noun

Bretnas f

1. Welsh (language)

Related terms

• Bretain

Descendants

• Irish: Breatnais
• Manx: Bretnish
• Scottish Gaelic: Breatannais

Mutation

Mutation of Bretnas

radical	lenition	nasalization
Bretnas	Bretnas pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mBretnas

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

Further reading

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