breck

See also: Breck and Bréck

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish brecc (“speckled, spotted; trout”). Cognate with Irish breac, Scottish Gaelic breac, Breton breac’h and Welsh brych.

Adjective

breck (plural breckey)

speckled, spotted
spotty, pocked
(of horse) dappled
piebald, pied, mottled, variegated, brindle
tartan, checkered
trout-coloured

Synonyms

(tartan): breckanagh
(checkered): breck-cherrinagh

Derived terms

breckan (“brindle, plaid, tartan”)
breck-chraueeaght, breck-chredjue (“mixed religion”)
breck-emshir (“broken weather”)
breck-ghoo (“crepuscular”)
breck-lheeah (“greyish”)
breck-yiarg (“red-spotted”)

Noun

breck m (genitive singular breck, plural brick)

speckle, spot

Derived terms

breckag (“fleck”) (of colour)
breck greiney, breck 'sy ghrian, breck 'sy nane (“freckle”)
breck-hooillagh (“wall-eyed, spotty-eyed”)
breck kiark (“chickenpox”)
breck ollee (“cowpox”)
breck 'sy vainney (“fly in the ointment”)

Noun

breck m (genitive singular breck, plural brick)

trout, brown trout

Derived terms

breckagh (“trout-filled”)
breck airhey (“dory”)
breck awin (“brown trout”)
breck dhoan (“brown trout”)
breck faasaagagh (“barbel”)
breck fiddyr (“trout fry”)
breck frangagh (“scad, horse mackerel”)
breck-ghone (“trout-brown”)
breck gial (“rainbow trout, sea trout”)
breck marrey (“mackerel”)
breck ruy (“char”)
breck Spaainagh (“Spanish mackerel”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breck	vreck	mreck
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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