briseadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“to break, smash, destroy”).[1] By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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. change (of money, etc.)
  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

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • Past autonomous form
    • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəɡ/
    • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəvˠ/
    • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
    • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/
  • Imperative and past subjunctive forms
    • (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. past indicative autonomous
    2. third-person singular imperative
    3. 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.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bris(s)ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”).[1] By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾʲiʃəɣ/

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)

  1. verbal noun of bris
  2. bankruptcy
  3. breach

Derived terms
  • briseadh a-mach (“eruption, outbreak”)
  • briseadh-céille (“derangement of mind”)
  • briseadh-creideis (“bankruptcy”)
  • briseadh-cridhe (“heart-break”)
  • briseadh-dùil (“disappointment”)
  • briseadh-latha (“dawn, daybreak”)
  • briseadh-pòsaidh (“adultery”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
briseadhbhriseadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bris(s)ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “briseadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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