Briotánach

See also: Briotanach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bhriotáin (“Brittany”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Briotánach (genitive singular masculine Briotánaigh, genitive singular feminine Briotánaí, plural Briotánacha, not comparable)

1. Breton

Declension

Declension of Briotánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Briotánach	Bhriotánach	Briotánacha; Bhriotánacha²
Vocative	Bhriotánaigh		Briotánacha
Genitive		Briotánaí	Briotánacha	Briotánach
Dative	Briotánach; Bhriotánach¹	Bhriotánach; Bhriotánaigh (archaic)	Briotánacha; Bhriotánacha²
Comparative	níos Briotánaí
Superlative	is Briotánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Briotáinis f (“Breton language”)

Noun

Briotánach m (genitive singular Briotánaigh, nominative plural Briotanaigh)

1. Breton (person)

Declension

Declension of Briotánach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Briotánach Briotánaigh Vocative a Bhriotánaigh a Bhriotánacha Genitive Briotánaigh Briotánach Dative Briotánach Briotánaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Briotánach na Briotánaigh Genitive an Bhriotánaigh na mBriotánach Dative leis an mBriotánach don Bhriotánach leis na Briotánaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Briotánach	Bhriotánach	mBriotánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Briotánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Breton”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Briotánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm