britheamh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• breitheamh

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem, breithem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾʲihəv/

Noun

britheamh m (genitive singular britheimh, plural britheamhan)

1. judge, adjudicator, umpire

Related terms

• breith

Mutation

Mutation of britheamh

radical	lenition
britheamh	bhritheamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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