sobhriste

Irish

Etymology

From so- +‎ briste.

Adjective

sobhriste

1. breakable, easily broken, fragile, brittle

   Synonym: inbhriste

   Antonym: dobhriste

Derived terms

• sobhristeacht f (“fragility, brittleness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sobhriste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sobhriste	shobhriste after an, tsobhriste	not applicable

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

References

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