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Noun [Old Irish]

IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲəβ̃/
Etymology: breth + -em Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{suffix|sga|breth|em|id2=occupational}} breth + -em Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|brithemon|||||||nominative plural|brithemain||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} brithem m (genitive brithemon, nominative plural brithemain), {{sga-noun|m|~on|~ain}} brithem m (genitive brithemon, nominative plural brithemain) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-n-mf|g=m}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=brithemain+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_du4=|acc_pl=brithemna+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=brithemain+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|acc_sg4=|acc_sg5=|class=n-m|dat_du=brithemnaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=brithemnaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=brithemain+L|dat_sg2=brithem+L|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|dat_sg5=|dat_sg6=|gen_du=brithemon, britheman+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=brithemon, britheman+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=brithemon, britheman|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=brithemain+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_du4=|nom_pl=brithemain|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=brithem|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|nom_sg4=|voc_du=brithemain+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_du4=|voc_pl=brithemna+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=brithem|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=|voc_sg4=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: brithemon [genitive], brithemain [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brithem [nominative, singular], brithemain [dual, nominative], brithemain [nominative, plural], brithem [singular, vocative], brithemain [dual, vocative], brithemna [plural, vocative], brithemain [accusative, singular], brithemain [accusative, dual], brithemna [accusative, plural], brithemon [genitive, singular], britheman [genitive, singular], brithemon [dual, genitive], britheman [dual, genitive], brithemon [genitive, plural], britheman [genitive, plural], brithemain [dative, singular], brithem [dative, singular], brithemnaib [dative, dual], brithemnaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brithem [mutation, mutation-radical], brithem [lenition, mutation], mbrithem [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], breithem [alternative]
  1. judge; brehon; jurist Tags: masculine Derived forms: brithemandae (english: judicial; pertaining to judgment), brithemnacht (english: judging, judgment, adjudication), brithemnaigid (english: adjudges), brithemnas (english: adjudication, judgment; jurisdiction; (Doomsday) Judgment)

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "breitheamh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "britheamh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "breth",
        "3": "em",
        "id2": "occupational"
      },
      "expansion": "breth + -em",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "breth + -em",
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    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "britheman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "britheman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "britheman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbrithem",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breithem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "brithemain",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "brithemon",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~on",
        "3": "~ain"
      },
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    }
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        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "brithemna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "brithemain+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-m",
        "dat_du": "brithemnaib",
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        "dat_du3": "",
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        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg2": "brithem+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "brithemon, britheman+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "brithemon, britheman",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
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        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "brithemain",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "brithem",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "brithemain+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "brithemna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "brithem",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish terms suffixed with -em (occupational)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "sga:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "sga:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "judicial; pertaining to judgment",
          "translation": "judicial; pertaining to judgment",
          "word": "brithemandae"
        },
        {
          "english": "judging, judgment, adjudication",
          "translation": "judging, judgment, adjudication",
          "word": "brithemnacht"
        },
        {
          "english": "adjudges",
          "translation": "adjudges",
          "word": "brithemnaigid"
        },
        {
          "english": "adjudication, judgment; jurisdiction; (Doomsday) Judgment",
          "translation": "adjudication, judgment; jurisdiction; (Doomsday) Judgment",
          "word": "brithemnas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "judge; brehon; jurist"
      ],
      "id": "en-brithem-sga-noun-HttETOB8",
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "brehon",
          "brehon"
        ],
        [
          "jurist",
          "jurist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲəβ̃/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲeβ̃]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲəβ̃]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brithem"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "judicial; pertaining to judgment",
      "translation": "judicial; pertaining to judgment",
      "word": "brithemandae"
    },
    {
      "english": "judging, judgment, adjudication",
      "translation": "judging, judgment, adjudication",
      "word": "brithemnacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "adjudges",
      "translation": "adjudges",
      "word": "brithemnaigid"
    },
    {
      "english": "adjudication, judgment; jurisdiction; (Doomsday) Judgment",
      "translation": "adjudication, judgment; jurisdiction; (Doomsday) Judgment",
      "word": "brithemnas"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "breitheamh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "britheamh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "em",
        "id2": "occupational"
      },
      "expansion": "breth + -em",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "breth + -em",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "britheman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "britheman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "britheman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithemnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brithem",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbrithem",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breithem",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "brithemain",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "brithemon",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~on",
        "3": "~ain"
      },
      "expansion": "brithem m (genitive brithemon, nominative plural brithemain)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "brithemain+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "brithemna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "brithemain+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-m",
        "dat_du": "brithemnaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "brithemnaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "brithemain+L",
        "dat_sg2": "brithem+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "brithemon, britheman+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "brithemon, britheman+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "brithemon, britheman",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "brithemain+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "brithemain",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "brithem",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "brithemain+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "brithemna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "brithem",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine or feminine n-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
        "Old Irish terms suffixed with -em (occupational)",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Law",
        "sga:Occupations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "judge; brehon; jurist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "brehon",
          "brehon"
        ],
        [
          "jurist",
          "jurist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲəβ̃/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲeβ̃]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈbʲɾʲi.θʲəβ̃]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brithem"
}

Download raw JSONL data for brithem meaning in All languages combined (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "brithem"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "brithem",
  "trace": ""
}

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