bris

See also brise

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (“covenant”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /bɹɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

bris (plural brises)

1. (Judaism) Ritual male circumcision.
   • 1974, Phillip E. Goble, Everything You Need to Grow a Messianic Synagogue, page 22,

     This bath symbolizes both a spiritual mikveh (Jewish purification bath) and a spiritual bris (circumcision which makes one a Jew).

   • 1993, Miriam Rose, Miriam Zakon, The Baker Family Circus, Baker's Dozen (Omnibus), Volume 4, page 129,

     The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing.

   • 2009, Jeffrey Shandler, Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America, page 155,

     Although indigenous visual documentation of the bris was, until the advent of video, limited and often oblique, the ceremony is a longstanding fixture of Christian art.

   • 2013, Ted Falcon, David Blatner, Judaism For Dummies, 2nd Edition, page 109,

     However, if the baby is born on a Wednesday night, then the bris would occur on the following Thursday morning because Jewish days begin at sundown, and the bris is tradionally performed during the day. (Note that the Talmud (see Chapter 3) states if the baby's health is in question, then the bris must be postponed.)

Synonyms

• (circumcision): bris milah, brit milah

Derived terms

• bris periah

Translations

ritual male circumcision

• Hebrew: בְּרִית (he) (bərîṯ) f
• Ladino:

  Hebrew alphabet: ברית (brit) m

  Latin alphabet: brit m

• Yiddish: ברית (yi) (bris) m

Anagrams

• RBIs
• ribs
• SBIR

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Icelandic

Wikipedia ^is

Pronunciation

• IPA: [prɪːs]
• Rhymes: -ɪːs

Noun

bris n (genitive singular briss, plural bris)

1. (anatomy) pancreas

Declension

declension of bris

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bris	brisið	bris	brisin
accusative	bris	brisið	bris	brisin
dative	brisi	brisinu	brisum	brisunum
genitive	briss	brissins	brisa	brisanna

Synonyms

• (pancreas): ^def. briskirtill

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brissid, from Proto-Celtic *bris (“break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhri-s-, from the root *bhréi- (“to cut, break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bʲɾʲɪʃ]

Verb

bris (present analytic briseann, future analytic brisfidh, verbal noun briseadh, past participle briste)

1. to break, fracture
2. to sack, fire, dismiss
3. (banking) to cash
4. (of dam) to burst
5. (of government) to overthrow

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	brisim	briseann tú; brisir†	briseann sé, sí	brisimid	briseann sibh	briseann siad; brisid†	a bhriseann; a bhriseas	bristear
	past	bhris mé; bhriseas	bhris tú; bhrisis	bhris sé, sí	bhriseamar; bhris muid	bhris sibh; bhriseabhair	bhris siad; bhriseadar	a bhris	briseadh
	past habitual	bhrisinn	bhristeá	bhriseadh sé, sí	bhrisimis; bhriseadh muid	bhriseadh sibh	bhrisidís; bhriseadh siad	a bhriseadh	bhristí
	future	brisfidh mé; brisfead	brisfidh tú; brisfir†	brisfidh sé, sí	brisfimid; brisfidh muid	brisfidh sibh	brisfidh siad; brisfid†	a bhrisfidh; a bhrisfeas	brisfear
conditional		bhrisfinn	bhrisfeá	bhrisfeadh sé, sí	bhrisfimis; bhrisfeadh muid	bhrisfeadh sibh	bhrisfidís; bhrisfeadh siad	a bhrisfeadh	bhrisfí
subjunctive	present	go mbrise mé; go mbrisead†	go mbrise tú; go mbrisir†	go mbrise sé, sí	go mbrisimid; go mbrise muid	go mbrise sibh	go mbrise siad; go mbrisid†	—	go mbristear
	past	dá mbrisinn	dá mbristeá	dá mbriseadh sé, sí	dá mbrisimis; dá mbriseadh muid	dá mbriseadh sibh	dá mbrisidís; dá mbriseadh siad	—	dá mbristí
imperative		brisim	bris	briseadh sé, sí	brisimis	brisigí; brisidh†	brisidís	—	bristear
verbal noun		briseadh
past participle		briste

† Dialect form

Noun

bris f (genitive brise, nominative plural briseanna)

1. loss

   Ní maith liom do bhris.

   I'm sorry for your loss.

Declension

Declension of bris

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bris briseanna Vocative a bhris a bhriseanna Genitive brise briseanna Dative bris briseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhris na briseanna Genitive na brise na mbriseanna Dative leis an mbris don bhris leis na briseanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bris	bhris	mbris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bris m

1. breeze

Inflection

    Inflection of bris

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	bris	brisen	briser	brisene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bris m

1. breeze

Inflection

    Inflection of bris

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk m	bris	brisen	brisar	brisane

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brissid, from Proto-Celtic *bris (“break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhri-s-, from the root *bhréi- (“to cut, break”).

Verb

bris (verbal noun briseadh)

1. break, smash
2. breach

Derived terms

• briste

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brîːs/

Noun

brȋs m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑с)

1. (medicine) swab, smear

Declension

    declension of bris

	singular	plural
nominative	brȋs	brȉsovi
genitive	brisa	brisova
dative	brisu	brisovima
accusative	bris	brisove
vocative	brise	brisovi
locative	brisu	brisovima
instrumental	brisom	brisovima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /briːs/

Noun

bris c

1. breeze

Declension

Declension of bris

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bris	brisen	briser	briserna
genitive	bris	brisens	brisers	brisernas

Usage notes

Plural form could also be "brisar"