Briotanach

See also: Briotánach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

Briotanach (genitive singular masculine Briotanaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotanaí, plural Briotanacha, not comparable)

1. British

Declension

Declension of Briotanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Briotanach	Bhriotanach	Briotanacha; Bhriotanacha2
vocative	Bhriotanaigh		Briotanacha
genitive		Briotanaí	Briotanacha	Briotanach
dative	Briotanach; Bhriotanach1	Bhriotanach; Bhriotanaigh (archaic)	Briotanacha; Bhriotanacha2
Comparative	níos Briotanaí
Superlative	is Briotanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• An Cholóim Bhriotanach f (“British Columbia”)
• An Comhlathas Briotanach m (“the British Commonwealth”)
• Iar-Bhriotanach (“West Brit”, adjective)

 

Noun

Briotanach m (genitive singular Briotanaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)

1. Briton

Declension

Declension of Briotanach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Briotanach Briotanaigh vocative a Bhriotanaigh a Bhriotanacha genitive Briotanaigh Briotanach dative Briotanach Briotanaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Briotanach na Briotanaigh genitive an Bhriotanaigh na mBriotanach dative leis an mBriotanach don Bhriotanach leis na Briotanaigh

Derived terms

• Iar-Bhriotanach m (“West Brit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Briotanach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Briotanach	Bhriotanach	mBriotanach

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) “Briotanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Briotanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024