dáta breithe
masculine
The Irish phrase for "date of birth" is dáta breithe.
dáta breithe is a noun used to refer to the specific day and year that someone or something was born.
Meaning: date and year when something was born (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of dáta (date) and breithe (of birth).
How does it change in a sentence?
The word breithe is the genitive singular form of breith (birth), used here to indicate a relationship to the date.
Did you know?
- In Irish, the word breith is used for 'birth', but it also means 'judgment' or 'sentence' in a legal context.
- In traditional Irish culture, a person's 'birth date' was historically less important than their kinship and lineage in the family tree.
- Because dáta is a loanword from Latin via French, it follows the pattern of many modern Irish words used in science and administration.
Examples in context
- Níl an dáta breithe ar an gcárta.The date of birth is not on the card.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “date of birth” translations and entries dáta breithe, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
