breithiúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

• breitheamhnas (superseded)
• breithiúnachas, breithiúntas

Etymology

From Middle Irish breithemnas, from Old Irish brithemnas. By surface analysis, breith(eamh) +‎ -únas.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲəˈhuːn̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhuːvˠnəsˠ/, /ˈbʲɾʲaunəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhuːnˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛhunˠəsˠ/

Noun

breithiúnas m (genitive singular breithiúnais, nominative plural breithiúnais)

1. judgment

Declension

Declension of breithiúnas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breithiúnas breithiúnais vocative a bhreithiúnais a bhreithiúnasa genitive breithiúnais breithiúnas dative breithiúnas breithiúnais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an breithiúnas na breithiúnais genitive an bhreithiúnais na mbreithiúnas dative leis an mbreithiúnas don bhreithiúnas leis na breithiúnais

Derived terms

• cathaoir bhreithiúnais
• Lá an Bhreithiúnais

Related terms

• breitheamh
• breithiúnach
• breithiúnaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithiúnas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breithiúnas	bhreithiúnas	mbreithiúnas

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) “breithiúnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “breithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breiṫeaṁnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breithiúnas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “breithiúnas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024