Briotáinis

Irish

Etymology

From an Bhriotáin (“Brittany”) +‎ -is (“-ish, -ese”, language suffix).

Proper noun

Briotáinis f (genitive Briotáinise)

1. the Breton language

Declension

Declension of Briotáinis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Briotáinis vocative a Bhriotáinis genitive Briotáinise dative Briotáinis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bhriotáinis genitive na Briotáinise dative leis an mBriotáinis don Bhriotáinis

Related terms

• Briotánach (“Breton”, adjective)
• Briotánach m (“a Breton person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Briotáinis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Briotáinis	Bhriotáinis	mBriotáinis

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) “Briotáinis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotáinis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Briotáinis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025