breithiúnacht

Irish

Etymology

From breitheamh, breithiúna +‎ -acht.

Noun

breithiúnacht f (genitive singular breithiúnachta)

1. (law) judgeship, judicature

Declension

Declension of breithiúnacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative breithiúnacht vocative a bhreithiúnacht genitive breithiúnachta dative breithiúnacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhreithiúnacht genitive na breithiúnachta dative leis an mbreithiúnacht don bhreithiúnacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithiúnacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breithiúnacht	bhreithiúnacht	mbreithiúnacht

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