briocht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bricht.

Noun

briocht m (genitive singular breachta, nominative plural briochtaí)

1. spell, charm
2. amulet

Declension

Declension of briocht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative briocht briochtaí vocative a bhriocht a bhriochtaí genitive breachta briochtaí dative briocht briochtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an briocht na briochtaí genitive an bhreachta na mbriochtaí dative leis an mbriocht don bhriocht leis na briochtaí

Related terms

• breachtradh m

Mutation

Mutated forms of briocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briocht	bhriocht	mbriocht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bricht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brioċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 87
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briocht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “briocht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024