breinn
Appearance
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.
Adjective
[edit]breinn
- nasty, foul
- rotten, rancid, putrid
- smelly, fetid, malodorous
- T'eh breinn. It stinks.
- loathsome, offensive
- (film, literature, pornography) blue
- pestilential
Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breinn | vreinn | mreinn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |