ainbhreith

Irish

Alternative forms

• ainbhreath

Etymology

From Old Irish ainbreith (“wrong or unjust judgement”), from breth (“act of judging, deciding; judgment, legal ruling, interpretation”). By surface analysis, an- (“bad”) +‎ breith (“judgment, decision”).

Noun

ainbhreith f (genitive singular ainbhreithe, nominative plural ainbhreitheanna)

1. (law) unjust judgment

Declension

Declension of ainbhreith (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ainbhreith ainbhreitheanna vocative a ainbhreith a ainbhreitheanna genitive ainbhreithe ainbhreitheanna dative ainbhreith ainbhreitheanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ainbhreith na hainbhreitheanna genitive na hainbhreithe na n-ainbhreitheanna dative leis an ainbhreith don ainbhreith leis na hainbhreitheanna

Synonyms

• claonbhreith

Derived terms

• ainbhreitheach (“perverse”, adjective) (of verdict)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ainbhreith

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ainbhreith	n-ainbhreith	hainbhreith	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ainbhreith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainbreith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language