"Breatain" meaning in Irish

See Breatain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Old Irish Bretain, borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, nominative plural of Brittō. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|Bretain}} Old Irish Bretain, {{bor|ga|la|Brittōnēs}} Latin Brittōnēs Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|na Breataine|||||||f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=An Bhreatain}} An Bhreatain f (genitive na Breataine), {{ga-proper noun|f|na Breataine|head=An Bhreatain}} An Bhreatain f (genitive na Breataine) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: An Bhreatain [canonical, feminine], na Breataine [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Breatain [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Bhreatain [indefinite, singular, vocative], Breataine [genitive, indefinite, singular], Breatain [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Bhreatain [definite, nominative, singular], na Breataine [definite, genitive, singular], leis an mBreatain [dative, definite, singular], don Bhreatain [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Breatain [error-unrecognized-form], Bhreatain [error-unrecognized-form], mBreatain [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. Britain Related terms: An Bhreatain Bheag [Wales, feminine], An Bhreatain Mhór (english: Great Britain) [feminine], An Nua-Bhreatain (english: New Britain) [feminine], Breatimeacht (english: Brexit) [feminine, masculine], Breatnach (english: Welsh) [adjective], Breatnach (english: a Welsh person) [masculine], Breatnais (english: the Welsh language) [feminine], Muir Bhreatan (english: St George's Channel) [feminine]
    Sense id: en-Breatain-ga-name-DrBFMB7z Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Islands, United Kingdom

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish Bretain, borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, nominative plural of Brittō.",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Breataine",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Bhreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breataine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Bhreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Breataine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mBreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Bhreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breatain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Bhreatain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mBreatain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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    },
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
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          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Islands",
          "orig": "ga:Islands",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "United Kingdom",
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      ],
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        ]
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          ],
          "word": "An Bhreatain Bheag"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "An Bhreatain Mhór"
        },
        {
          "english": "New Britain",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "Brexit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Breatimeacht"
        },
        {
          "english": "Welsh",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "Breatnach"
        },
        {
          "english": "a Welsh person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Breatnach"
        },
        {
          "english": "the Welsh language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Breatnais"
        },
        {
          "english": "St George's Channel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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    }
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}
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breataine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Bhreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Breataine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mBreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Bhreatain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breatain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mBreatain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "10": "",
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        "4": "na Breataine",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "2": "na Breataine",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Bhreatain Bheag"
    },
    {
      "english": "Great Britain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Bhreatain Mhór"
    },
    {
      "english": "New Britain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Nua-Bhreatain"
    },
    {
      "english": "Brexit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Breatimeacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "Welsh",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "Breatnach"
    },
    {
      "english": "a Welsh person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Breatnach"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Welsh language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Breatnais"
    },
    {
      "english": "St George's Channel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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        "Irish terms derived from Latin",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Islands",
        "ga:United Kingdom"
      ],
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        "Britain"
      ],
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          "Britain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Breatain"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Breatain meaning in Irish (3.4kB)

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