briathar

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‘word’, especially Word (of God) 18.3, 36.4, etc.; gen. sg. bréithre 35.9, 37.13, etc.; acc./dat. sg. brē(i)thir 47.5, 47.12, etc.; gen. pl. bri[a]thar 29.13; in phrases, do bhréther ‘by word’; 18.20, dar n-uile bhriáthruibh 23.11

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

a word, a promise. an bhriathar bheag, a mere promise (as opposed to móid, a solemn promise or vow), 1243.

Poems on the Butlers of Ormond, Cahir and Dunboyne (A.D. 1400–1650). Editor: James Carney.

f., word; gen bréithre, 1562; dat. bréithir, 799; pl. briathra, 45, 611; gen. briathar, 474, 2848

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.