breá

See also: brea

Irish

Alternative forms
  • breagh, breágh, breaghdha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bregda.

Pronunciation

Adjective

breá (genitive singular feminine breátha, plural breátha, comparative breátha or breácha)

  1. fine (of superior quality; sunny and not raining; acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory), excellent

Usage notes

Takes the adverbial construction go breá when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Tá an lá go breá. ― The day is fine.

Declension
Declension of breá
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative breá bhreá breátha;
bhreátha²
Vocative bhreá breátha
Genitive breátha breátha breá
Dative breá;
bhreá¹		 bhreá breátha;
bhreátha²
Comparative níos breátha
Superlative is breátha

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • breáthacht f (“beauty, excellence; delight”)
  • is breá le

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breá bhreá mbreá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “breáġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 82.
  • "breá" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 bregda” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “breá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “breá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Spanish

Verb

breá

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of brear.
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