bonreizh

Breton

FWOTD – 27 July 2025

Etymology

From bon (“base”) +‎ reizh (“right”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus + *rextus. Coined in the 1960s as a calque of Irish bunreacht.[1]

Noun

bonreizh f (plural bonreizhoù)

  1. constitution, basic law
    Kemmet e vo ar Vonreizh. ― The Constitution will be modified.

Derived terms

  • bonreizhegezh (“constitutionality”)
  • bonreizhel (“constitutional”)

Mutation

Mutation of bonreizh
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bonreizh vonreizh unchanged ponreizh
plural bonreizhoù vonreizhoù unchanged ponreizhoù

References

  1. ^ Da Lenn (p.6) (Ofis ar Brezhoneg)

Further reading

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