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
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular briste, nominative plural bristeacha)

  1. verbal noun of bris
  2. break, the act of breaking; breakage
  3. disruption, dismissal
  4. (of money, etc.) change
  5. battle; defeat
  6. (in the plural) breakers

Declension
Declension of briseadh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative briseadh bristeacha
Vocative a bhriseadh a bhristeacha
Genitive briste bristeacha
Dative briseadh bristeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an briseadh na bristeacha
Genitive an bhriste na mbristeacha
Dative leis an mbriseadh

don bhriseadh

 leis na bristeacha

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
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/

Verb

briseadh

  1. past indicative autonomous of bris

Pronunciation 2
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/

Verb

briseadh

  1. inflection of bris:
    1. third-person singular imperative
    2. past subjunctive analytic

Mutation
Irish mutation
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”).

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)

  1. verbal noun of bris
  2. bankruptcy
  3. 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
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