briotach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish britach, brittach (“stammering, stuttering”), from Britt (“Briton”).

Adjective

briotach (genitive singular masculine briotaigh, genitive singular feminine briotaí, plural briotacha, comparative briotaí)

lisping

Declension

Declension of briotach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	briotach	bhriotach	briotacha; bhriotacha²
Vocative	bhriotaigh	bhriotach	briotacha
Genitive	bhriotaigh	briotaí	briotacha	briotach
Dative	briotach; bhriotach¹	bhriotach; bhriotaigh (archaic)	briotacha; bhriotacha²
Comparative	níos briotaí
Superlative	is briotaí

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

briotaire (“lisping person”)
briotóg (“lisping woman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briotach	bhriotach	mbriotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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