breall
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- brille (clitoris)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish brell (“blur, spot, stain, etc.; slur, blemish, etc.; tumour, a hump, knob or botch; the glans penis, etc.”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
breall f or m (genitive singular breille or breill, nominative plural brealla)
- (anatomy) glans penis; clitoris
- (ugly) protuberance
- blubber-lip, fat lip
- Synonyms: liobar líota, meill
- blemish, defect
- rag, clout
- blunderer, fool
Declension[edit]
Declension of breall
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: breallacha
Derived terms[edit]
- breallach (“protuberant”, adjective)
- breallaire m (“fool”)
- breallán m (“ragged person”)
- breallmhéarach (“clumsy-fingered”, adjective)
- breallóg f (“slattern”)
- breallúil (“protuberant”, adjective)
Related terms[edit]
- breallaireacht f (“silliness, silly talk”)
- breallánta (“silly”, adjective)
- breallántacht f (“(act of) talking nonsense; silliness, nonsense”)
- breallógacht f (“slatternliness; slovenly work”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breall | bhreall | mbreall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “breall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “breall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79