briosc

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish brisc, from Proto-Celtic *briskos.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic brisg.

Pronunciation

Adjective

briosc (genitive singular masculine brisc, genitive singular feminine brisce, plural briosca, comparative brisce)

  1. brittle, fragile
    Synonym: aibrisc
  2. crisp, friable
  3. brisk (full of liveliness and activity)
    Synonyms: bríogúil, bríomhar
  4. flatulent

Declension

Declension of briosc
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative briosc bhriosc briosca;
bhriosca2
vocative bhrisc briosca
genitive brisce briosca briosc
dative briosc;
bhriosc1 		bhriosc;
bhrisc (archaic) 		briosca;
bhriosca2
Comparative níos brisce
Superlative is brisce

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

Mutated forms of briosc
radical lenition eclipsis
briosc bhriosc mbriosc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brisko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

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