brecc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brikkos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲrʲek/

Adjective

brecc

1. speckled, spotted, flecked
2. checkered
3. variegated

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brecc	brecc	brecc
Vocative	bricc* brecc**
Accusative	brecc	bricc
Genitive	bricc	bricce	bricc
Dative	briucc	bricc	briucc
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	bricc	brecca
Vocative	briccu brecca†
Accusative	briccu brecca†
Genitive	brecc
Dative	breccaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: breac
• Manx: breck
• Scottish Gaelic: breac

Noun

brecc m (genitive bricc, nominative plural bricc)

1. trout

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	brecc	breccL	briccL
Vocative	bricc	breccL	briccuH
Accusative	breccN	breccL	briccuH
Genitive	briccL	brecc	breccN
Dative	briuccL	breccaib	breccaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• breccach

Descendants

• Irish: breac
• Manx: breck
• Scottish Gaelic: breac

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
brecc	brecc pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbrecc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brecc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language