lá breithe

Irish

Noun

lá breithe m (genitive singular lae bhreithe, nominative plural laethanta breithe)

1. birthday

Declension

Declension of lá breithe (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lá breithe laethanta breithe vocative a lá breithe a laethanta breithe genitive lae bhreithe laethanta breithe dative lá breithe laethanta breithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lá breithe na laethanta breithe genitive an lae bhreithe na laethanta breithe dative leis an lá breithe don lá breithe leis na laethanta breithe

Synonyms

• breithlá

Derived terms

• Lá Breithe Dé (“Day of Judgment”)
• lá breithe maith agat, lá breithe sona dhuit (“happy birthday”)

Related terms

• dáta breithe (“birthdate”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “birthday”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024