briathar

See also: bríathar

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiəhəɾˠ/

Noun

briathar m or f (genitive singular briathair or bréithre, nominative plural briathra or bréithre)

word
(grammar) verb (a grammatical category of words that indicate an action, event or a state)

Declension

As a masculine first-declension noun with a strong plural

Declension of briathar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	briathar	briathra
Vocative	a bhriathair	a bhriathra
Genitive	briathair	briathra
Dative	briathar	briathra

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an briathar	na briathra
Genitive	an bhriathair	na mbriathra
Dative	leis an mbriathar don bhriathar	leis na briathra

As a masculine first-declension noun with a weak plural

Declension of briathar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	briathar	briathra
Vocative	a bhriathair	a bhriathara
Genitive	briathair	briathar
Dative	briathar	briathra

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an briathar	na briathra
Genitive	an bhriathair	na mbriathar
Dative	leis an mbriathar don bhriathar	leis na briathra

As feminine second-declension noun with a strong plural

Declension of briathar

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	briathar	bréithre
Vocative	a bhriathar	a bhréithre
Genitive	bréithre	bréithre
Dative	briathar	bréithre

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhriathar	na bréithre
Genitive	na bréithre	na mbréithre
Dative	leis an mbriathar don bhriathar	leis na bréithre

As feminine second-declension noun with a weak plural

Declension of briathar

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	briathar	bréithre
Vocative	a bhriathar	a bhréithre
Genitive	bréithre	briathar
Dative	briathar	bréithre

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhriathar	na bréithre
Genitive	na bréithre	na mbriathar
Dative	leis an mbriathar don bhriathar	leis na bréithre

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briathar	bhriathar	mbriathar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bríathar.

Noun

briathar m (genitive singular briathair, plural briathran)

word, term
statement

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
briathar	bhriathar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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