breall

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish brell (“blur, spot, stain, etc.; slur, blemish, etc.; tumour, a hump, knob or botch; the glans penis, etc.”).

Noun

breall f or m (genitive singular breille or breill, nominative plural brealla)

  1. (anatomy) glans penis; clitoris
  2. (ugly) protuberance
  3. blubber lip, fat lip
    Synonyms: liobar líota, meill
  4. blemish, defect
  5. rag, clout
  6. blunderer, fool

Declension
Declension of breall

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative breall brealla
Vocative a bhreall a bhrealla
Genitive breille breall
Dative breall brealla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhreall na brealla
Genitive na breille na mbreall
Dative leis an mbreall

don bhreall

 leis na brealla

Derived terms
  • breallach, breallúil (“protuberant; blubber-lipped; ragged, tattered; blundering, foolish”, adjective)
  • breallaire m (“silly talker, fool”)
  • breallán m (“ragged person; blunderer, fool”)
  • breallmhéarach (“clumsy-fingered”, adjective)
  • breallóg f (“slattern; foolish, talkative woman”)
  • breallaireacht f (“silliness, silly talk”)
  • breallánta (“silly”, adjective)
  • breallántacht f (“(act of) talking nonsense; silliness, nonsense”)
  • breallógacht f (“slatternliness; slovenly work”)

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

Further reading
  • “brell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "breall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “breall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “breall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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