maide briste

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “broken stick”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmˠædʲə ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

Noun

maide briste m (genitive singular maide bhriste, nominative plural maidí briste)

1. tongs

   Synonym: tlú

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maide,‎ briste.

Mutation

Mutated forms of maide briste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maide briste	mhaide briste	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “maide briste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maide”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 457
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maide briste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81