briseadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“to break, smash, destroy”). By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular briste, nominative plural bristeacha)

1. verbal noun of bris
2. break, the act of breaking; breakage
3. disruption, dismissal
4. change (of money, etc.)
5. battle; defeat
6. (in the plural) breakers

Declension

Declension of briseadh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative briseadh bristeacha vocative a bhriseadh a bhristeacha genitive briste bristeacha dative briseadh bristeacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an briseadh na bristeacha genitive an bhriste na mbristeacha dative leis an mbriseadh don bhriseadh leis na bristeacha

Derived terms

• briseadh airgid (“small change”)
• briseadh amach (“outbreak”)
• briseadh an lae (“daybreak”)
• briseadh croí (“heartbreak”)
• briseadh síochána (“breach of the peace”)
• croíbhriseadh (“heartbreak”)
• imbhriseadh (“melee”)

 

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Past autonomous form
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəvˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
• Imperative and past subjunctive forms
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/

Verb

briseadh

1. inflection of bris:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. third-person singular imperative
   3. past subjunctive analytic

Mutation

Mutated forms of briseadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briseadh	bhriseadh	mbriseadh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”). By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰð̥iʃəɣ/ (as if spelled priseadh)
• (Harris, Uist, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɾʲiʃəɣ/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɾʲiʃtʲəɣ/ (corresponding to the form bristeadh)
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɾʲiʃtʲək/ (corresponding to the form bristeadh)

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)

1. verbal noun of bris
2. bankruptcy
3. breach

Derived terms

• briseadh a-mach (“eruption, outbreak”)
• briseadh-céille (“derangement of mind”)
• briseadh-creideis (“bankruptcy”)
• briseadh-cridhe (“heart-break”)
• briseadh-dùil (“disappointment”)
• briseadh-latha (“dawn, daybreak”)
• briseadh-pòsaidh (“adultery”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of briseadh

radical	lenition
briseadh	bhriseadh

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “briseadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN