"Bretain" meaning in Old Irish

See Bretain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Brittōnēs, plural form of Brittō (compare Britt). Etymology templates: {{bor|sga|la|Brittōnēs}} Latin Brittōnēs Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|genitive|Bretan|g=m-p}} Bretain m pl (genitive Bretan) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-noun|acc_pl=Bretnu+H|class=o-m|dat_pl=Bretnaib|gen_pl=Bretan+N|n=p|nom_pl=Bretain+L|voc_pl=Bretnu+H}}, {{sga-mutation|B|retain}} Forms: Bretan [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [masculine, nominative, singular, stem], - [dual, masculine, nominative, stem], Bretain [masculine, nominative, plural, stem], - [masculine, singular, stem, vocative], - [dual, masculine, stem, vocative], Bretnu [masculine, plural, stem, vocative], - [accusative, masculine, singular, stem], - [accusative, dual, masculine, stem], Bretnu [accusative, masculine, plural, stem], - [genitive, masculine, singular, stem], - [dual, genitive, masculine, stem], Bretan [genitive, masculine, plural, stem], - [dative, masculine, singular, stem], - [dative, dual, masculine, stem], Bretnaib [dative, masculine, plural, stem], no-table-tags [table-tags], Bretain [mutation, mutation-radical], Bretain [mutation, mutation-nasal], mBretain [mutation]
  1. Britons Tags: masculine, plural Categories (place): Countries, Islands

Download JSON data for Bretain meaning in Old Irish (4.3kB)

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