bríathar

== Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *breitrā (“word”), also "battle," perhaps related to *brē-, *bri- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike”); compare Welsh brwydr (“fight, combat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiːa̯.θəɾ/ (Blasse) [ˈbʲɾʲiːa̯.θaɾ] (Griffith) [ˈbʲɾʲiːa̯.θəɾ] === Noun === bríathar f (genitive bré(i)thre, nominative plural bríathra) word (grammar) verb For quotations using this term, see Citations:bríathar. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dobríathar ==== Descendants ==== Irish: briathar Manx: breear Scottish Gaelic: briathar === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bríathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77