breathnaigh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish brethnaigid (“to judge”), from breth (“judgment”). Doublet of breithnigh.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Galway) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲan̪ˠə/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈbʲɾʲæːn̪ˠə]
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲahnˠi/
=== Verb ===
breathnaigh (present analytic breathnaíonn, future analytic breathnóidh, verbal noun breathnú, past participle breathnaithe) (ambitransitive)
to observe, examine
to look at, watch
to look, appear
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
aisbhreathnaigh (“look back”, verb)
breathnadóir m, breathnóir m (“observer, spectator”)
breathnaigh ó (“to look (idly) around (oneself)”, verb)
fadbhreathnaitheacht f (“far-sightedness”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breathnaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “breaṫnuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 85