aibrisc

Irish

Etymology

From aith- +‎ briosc.

Adjective

aibrisc (genitive singular masculine aibrisc, genitive singular feminine aibrisce, plural aibrisce, comparative aibrisce)

1. brittle, frail

Declension

Declension of aibrisc

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	aibrisc	aibrisc	aibrisce
vocative	aibrisc		aibrisce
genitive		aibrisce	aibrisce	aibrisc
dative	aibrisc	aibrisc	aibrisce
Comparative	níos aibrisce
Superlative	is aibrisce

Related terms

• aibrisce f (“brittleness, frailty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aibrisc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibrisc	n-aibrisc	haibrisc	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibrisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aibrisc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm