brisid

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Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃɪdʲ/

Verb

brisid

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of bris

Usage notes

The modern standard forms are briseann siad in the indicative and go mbrise siad in the subjunctive.

Mutation

Mutated forms of brisid
radical lenition eclipsis
brisid bhrisid mbrisid

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Denominative from bres (fight, combat), from Proto-Celtic *brestā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (to burst, break).[1] Cognate with Old English berstan and Old High German brestan.

Pronunciation

Verb

bris(s)id (conjunct ·bris(s)i, verbal noun bris(s)ed)

  1. to break, to smash
  2. to defeat

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: bris
  • Manx: brish
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris

Mutation

Mutation of brisid
radical lenition nasalization
brisid brisid
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbrisid

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brestā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

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