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From Old Irish bréc.
bréag f (genitive singular bréige, nominative plural bréaga)
- lie, falsehood
- deception, deceit
bréag (present analytic bréagann, future analytic bréagfaidh, verbal noun bréagadh, past participle bréagtha)
- to lie (tell a falsehood)
- to deceive
- to soothe
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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bréagaim
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bréagann tú; bréagair†
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bréagann sé, sí
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bréagaimid
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bréagann sibh
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bréagann siad; bréagaid†
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a bhréagann; a bhréagas / a mbréagann*
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bréagtar
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past
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bhréag mé; bhréagas
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bhréag tú; bhréagais
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bhréag sé, sí
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bhréagamar; bhréag muid
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bhréag sibh; bhréagabhair
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bhréag siad; bhréagadar
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a bhréag / ar bhréag*
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bréagadh
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past habitual
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bhréagainn / mbréagainn‡‡
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bhréagtá / mbréagtᇇ
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bhréagadh sé, sí / mbréagadh sé, s퇇
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bhréagaimis; bhréagadh muid / mbréagaimis‡‡; mbréagadh muid‡‡
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bhréagadh sibh / mbréagadh sibh‡‡
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bhréagaidís; bhréagadh siad / mbréagaidís‡‡; mbréagadh siad‡‡
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a bhréagadh / a mbréagadh*
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bhréagtaí / mbréagta퇇
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future
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bréagfaidh mé; bréagfad
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bréagfaidh tú; bréagfair†
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bréagfaidh sé, sí
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bréagfaimid; bréagfaidh muid
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bréagfaidh sibh
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bréagfaidh siad; bréagfaid†
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a bhréagfaidh; a bhréagfas / a mbréagfaidh*
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bréagfar
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conditional
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bhréagfainn / mbréagfainn‡‡
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bhréagfá / mbréagfᇇ
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bhréagfadh sé, sí / mbréagfadh sé, s퇇
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bhréagfaimis; bhréagfadh muid / mbréagfaimis‡‡; mbréagfadh muid‡‡
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bhréagfadh sibh / mbréagfadh sibh‡‡
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bhréagfaidís; bhréagfadh siad / mbréagfaidís‡‡; mbréagfadh siad‡‡
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a bhréagfadh / a mbréagfadh*
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bhréagfaí / mbréagfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go mbréaga mé; go mbréagad†
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go mbréaga tú; go mbréagair†
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go mbréaga sé, sí
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go mbréagaimid; go mbréaga muid
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go mbréaga sibh
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go mbréaga siad; go mbréagaid†
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—
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go mbréagtar
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past
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dá mbréagainn
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dá mbréagtá
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dá mbréagadh sé, sí
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dá mbréagaimis; dá mbréagadh muid
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dá mbréagadh sibh
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dá mbréagaidís; dá mbréagadh siad
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—
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dá mbréagtaí
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imperative
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bréagaim
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bréag
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bréagadh sé, sí
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bréagaimis
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bréagaigí; bréagaidh†
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bréagaidís
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—
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bréagtar
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verbal noun
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bréagadh
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past participle
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bréagtha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55