bríste

See also: briste

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English breeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲɾʲiːʃtʲə]

Noun

bríste m (genitive singular bríste, nominative plural brístí)

1. trousers, slacks
2. (of harness) breeching

Declension

Declension of bríste

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bríste brístí Vocative a bhríste a bhrístí Genitive bríste brístí Dative bríste brístí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bríste na brístí Genitive an bhríste na mbrístí Dative leis an mbríste don bhríste leis na brístí

Synonyms

• treabhsar
• triús

Derived terms

• bríste sciota, brístín (“shorts”)
• fobhríste (“underpants”)
• forbhríste (“overalls”)
• póca bríste (“trouser pocket”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bríste	bhríste	mbríste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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