breag

See also: bréag and bréag-

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bréc (“lie, falsehood, deception”).

Noun

breag f (genitive singular breagey, plural breagyn)

  1. lie
    Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag. ― A drunken heart will not tell a lie.
    Cha row eh erskyn breag. ― He could stoop to a lie.
    Hooar mee breag ass. ― I caught him out in a lie.
    Ta mee ginsh breag. ― I am lying.
  2. fallacy, sham
  3. fiction, invention
  • breagagh (“lying, false; imitation; extravagant; fictitious, spurious”, adj)
  • breagerey (“liar, romancer, storyteller”, noun)

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
breagvreagmreag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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