briotóg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Britt (“Briton”) +‎ -óg (compare brittach (“stammering, stuttering”)).

Noun

briotóg f (genitive singular briotóige, nominative plural briotóga)

1. (female) lisper

Declension

Declension of briotóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative briotóg briotóga vocative a bhriotóg a bhriotóga genitive briotóige briotóg dative briotóg briotóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhriotóg na briotóga genitive na briotóige na mbriotóg dative leis an mbriotóg don bhriotóg leis na briotóga

Related terms

• briotach (“lisping”)
• briotaire (“lisper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of briotóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briotóg	bhriotóg	mbriotóg

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) “briotóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN