briosc
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish brisc, from Proto-Celtic *briskos.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic brisg.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
briosc (genitive singular masculine brisc, genitive singular feminine brisce, plural briosca, comparative brisce)
Declension[edit]
Declension of briosc
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | briosc | bhriosc | briosca; bhriosca² | |
| Vocative | bhrisc | briosca | ||
| Genitive | brisce | briosca | briosc | |
| Dative | briosc; bhriosc¹ |
bhriosc; bhrisc (archaic) |
briosca; bhriosca² | |
| Comparative | níos brisce | |||
| Superlative | is brisce | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| briosc | bhriosc | mbriosc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brisko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78
Further reading[edit]
- “briosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “briosc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 88
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 55
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77