breabhsánta

See also: breabhsanta

Irish

Alternative forms

• breabhsanta, brusanta

Etymology

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Adjective

breabhsánta

1. hale; sprightly

   Synonym: breabhsach

2. spruce

   Synonym: breabhsach

Derived terms

• breabhsántacht f (“sprightliness in old age; spruceness”)

Related terms

• breabhsaigh (“perk up”, verb)
• breabhsaire m (“spruce, sprightly person”)
• breabhsóg f (“spruce, sprightly woman”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breabhsánta	bhreabhsánta	mbreabhsánta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breabhsánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “breabhsánta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “breabhsánta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024