briseadh

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“to break, smash, destroy”).^[1] By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/^[2]
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/^[3]

briseadh m (genitive singular briste, nominative plural bristeacha)

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Past autonomous form
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəvˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/^[3]
• Imperative and past subjunctive forms
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/

briseadh

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

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”).^[1] By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾʲiʃəɣ/

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “briseadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN