breab

Irish

Etymology

From Old French bribe (gift; morsel of bread), with semantic shift paralleling that of English bribe. The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲɾʲabˠ/

Noun

breab f (genitive singular breibe, nominative plural breaba)

  1. bribe

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

breab (present analytic breabann, future analytic breabfaidh, verbal noun breabadh, past participle breabtha)

  1. bribe

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breab bhreab mbreab
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

breab (past bhreab, future breabaidh, verbal noun breabadh, past participle breabte)

  1. kick
  2. stamp (a foot)

Derived terms

Noun

breab f or m (genitive singular breaba, plural breaban)

  1. kick

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
breabbhreab
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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