briseadh
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“to break, smash, destroy”). Synchronically analyzable as bris + -adh (verbal noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
briseadh m (genitive singular briste, nominative plural bristeacha)
Declension
Declension of briseadh
Irregular
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- briseadh airgid (“small change”)
- briseadh an lae (“daybreak”)
- briseadh croí, croíbhriseadh (“heartbreak”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation 1
Pronunciation 2
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
briseadh | bhriseadh | mbriseadh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "briseadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “bris(s)ed”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)
- verbal noun of bris
- bankruptcy
- breach
Derived terms
- briseadh a-mach (“eruption; outbreaking of any kind; rebellion”)
- briseadh-céille (“derangement of mind”)
- briseadh-creideis (“bankruptcy”)
- briseadh-cridhe (“heart-break, over-powering sorrow, grief, pain, affliction, vexation, continued cause of vexation, dejection of mind; discouragement”)
- briseadh-dùil (“disappointment”)
- briseadh-latha (“dawn, daybreak”)
- briseadh-pòsaidh (“adultery”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “bris(s)ed”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
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