bretnas

See also: Bretnas

Old Irish

Noun

bretnas f

1. brooch, pin

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bretnasL	bretnaisL	bretnasaH
Vocative	bretnasL	bretnaisL	bretnasaH
Accusative	bretnaisN	bretnaisL	bretnasaH
Genitive	bretnaiseH	bretnasL	bretnasN
Dative	bretnaisL	bretnasaib	bretnasaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of bretnas

radical	lenition	nasalization
bretnas	bretnas pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbretnas

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bretnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language