breithlá

Irish

Etymology

From breith (“birth”) +‎ lá (“day”).

Noun

breithlá m (genitive singular breithlae, nominative plural breithlaethanta)

1. birthday

Declension

Declension of breithlá (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breithlá breithlaethanta vocative a bhreithlá a bhreithlaethanta genitive breithlae breithlaethanta dative breithlá breithlaethanta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an breithlá na breithlaethanta genitive an bhreithlae na mbreithlaethanta dative leis an mbreithlá don bhreithlá leis na breithlaethanta

Synonyms

• lá breithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithlá

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breithlá	bhreithlá	mbreithlá

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) “breithlá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “birthday”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025