briseadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“to break, smash, destroy”). Synchronically analyzable as bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular briste, nominative plural bristeacha)

1. verbal noun of bris
2. break, the act of breaking; breakage
3. disruption, dismissal
4. (of money, etc.) change
5. battle; defeat
6. (in the plural) breakers

Declension

Declension of briseadh

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative briseadh bristeacha Vocative a bhriseadh a bhristeacha Genitive briste bristeacha Dative briseadh bristeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an briseadh na bristeacha Genitive an bhriste na mbristeacha Dative leis an mbriseadh don bhriseadh leis na bristeacha

Derived terms

• briseadh airgid (“small change”)
• briseadh an lae (“daybreak”)
• briseadh croí, croíbhriseadh (“heartbreak”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəɡ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəvˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/

Verb

briseadh

1. past indicative autonomous of bris

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
• IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
• IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
• IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃu/

Verb

briseadh

1. inflection of bris:
   1. third-person singular imperative
   2. past subjunctive analytic

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briseadh	bhriseadh	mbriseadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bris(s)ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”).

Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)

1. verbal noun of bris
2. bankruptcy
3. breach

Derived terms

• briseadh a-mach (“eruption; outbreaking of any kind; rebellion”)
• briseadh-céille (“derangement of mind”)
• briseadh-creideis (“bankruptcy”)
• briseadh-cridhe (“heart-break, over-powering sorrow, grief, pain, affliction, vexation, continued cause of vexation, dejection of mind; discouragement”)
• briseadh-dùil (“disappointment”)
• briseadh-latha (“dawn, daybreak”)
• briseadh-pòsaidh (“adultery”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “briseadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bris(s)ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language