breochloch

Irish

Etymology

From breo (“torch; brand”) +‎ cloch (“stone”).

Noun

breochloch f (genitive singular breochloiche, nominative plural breochlocha)

1. flint

Declension

Declension of breochloch (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breochloch breochlocha vocative a breochloch a breochlocha genitive breochloiche breochloch dative breochloch breochloich (archaic, dialectal) breochlocha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an breochloch na breochlocha genitive na breochloiche na breochloch dative leis an breochloch leis an breochloich (archaic, dialectal) don breochloch don breochloich (archaic, dialectal) leis na breochlocha

Mutation

Mutated forms of breochloch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breochloch	bhreochloch	mbreochloch

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) “breochloch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breochloch”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm