brisid

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃɪdʲ/

Verb

brisid

  1. (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present indicative and subjunctive of bris

Usage notes

The modern standard forms are briseann siad in the indicative and go mbrise siad in the subjunctive.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brisid bhrisid mbrisid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • brissid

Etymology

Denominative from bres (fight, combat), from Proto-Celtic *brestā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (to burst, break). Cognate with Old English berstan and Old High German brestan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲrʲisʲiðʲ/

Verb

bris(s)id (conjunct ·bris(s)i, verbal noun bris(s)ed)

  1. to break, to smash
  2. to defeat

Inflection

Derived terms

  • for·brissi

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
brisid brisid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbrisid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • bris(s)id” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brestā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
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