Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish brechtrad, from Old Irish mrechtrad, from Proto-Celtic *mrixtoretom.
Noun
breachtradh m (genitive singular breachtraidh, nominative plural breachtraí)
- spellwork, casting of spells, charms
- variegation, checkerwork
Declension
Declension of breachtradh (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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breachtradh
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bbreachtraí
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| vocative
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a bhbreachtraidh
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a bhbreachtraí
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| genitive
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bbreachtraidh
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bbreachtraí
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| dative
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breachtradh
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bbreachtraí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of breachtradh
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| breachtradh
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bhreachtradh
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mbreachtradh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “breaċtraḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breachtradh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN