Breta

See also: bretã and Břeťa

Middle Irish

Etymology

Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”).

Proper noun

Breta f

  1. Britain

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
BretaBreta
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		mBreta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “Breta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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