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Irish
Etymology
From bréag (“lie, falsehood”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
bréagán m (genitive singular bréagáin, nominative plural bréagáin)
- toy, plaything
- doll (of woman)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| bréagán
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bhréagán
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mbréagán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bréagán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
- Entries containing “bréagán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.