breá

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bregda.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

breá (genitive singular feminine breátha, plural breátha, comparative breátha or breácha)

  1. fine (of superior quality; sunny and not raining; acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory), excellent

Usage notes

Takes the adverbial construction go breá when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Tá an lá go breá. ― The day is fine.

Declension

Declension of breá
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative breá bhreá breátha;
bhreátha²
Vocative bhreá breátha
Genitive breátha breátha breá
Dative breá;
bhreá¹ 		bhreá breátha;
bhreátha²
Comparative níos breátha
Superlative is breátha

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breá bhreá mbreá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bregda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 47
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 53
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 156, page 60
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 166, page 62

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

breá

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of brear

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