briotaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• briotachán

Etymology

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

Noun

briotaire m (genitive singular briotaire, nominative plural briotairí)

1. lisper

Declension

Declension of briotaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative briotaire briotairí vocative a bhriotaire a bhriotairí genitive briotaire briotairí dative briotaire briotairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an briotaire na briotairí genitive an bhriotaire na mbriotairí dative leis an mbriotaire don bhriotaire leis na briotairí

Related terms

• briotach (“lisping”)
• briotóg (“lisping woman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of briotaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briotaire	bhriotaire	mbriotaire

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