breis

See also: Breis

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɛʃ/

Noun

breis f (genitive singular breise, nominative plural breiseanna)

1. increase, addition; addendum; increment
2. overmuch, excess
3. (mathematics) extra

Declension

Declension of breis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative breis breiseanna vocative a bhreis a bhreiseanna genitive breise breiseanna dative breis breiseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhreis na breiseanna genitive na breise na mbreiseanna dative leis an mbreis don bhreis leis na breiseanna

Synonyms

• (increment): breisíocht, incrimint

Derived terms

• breischéim (“comparative”)
• breisigh (“to increase, add to”)
• comhbhreis (“common difference”)
• de bhreis ar (“over and above”)

Adverb

breis

1. somewhat

Mutation

Mutated forms of breis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breis	bhreis	mbreis

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breis”, 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 57