From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, cognate with Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten.
briste (past tense brast or bristede, past participle bristet)
briste
briste (not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | briste | bhriste | briste; bhriste2 | |
vocative | bhriste | briste | ||
genitive | briste | briste | briste | |
dative | briste; bhriste1 |
bhriste | briste; bhriste2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
briste m
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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briste | bhriste | mbriste |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
briste
From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.
briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)
briste
briste
io/iā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | briste | briste | briste |
Vocative | bristi | ||
Accusative | briste | bristi | |
Genitive | bristi | briste | bristi |
Dative | bristiu | bristi | bristiu |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | bristi | bristi | |
Vocative | bristi bristiu* | ||
Accusative | bristi bristiu* | ||
Genitive | briste | ||
Dative | bristib | ||
Notes | * when substantivized |
radical | lenition | nasalization |
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briste | briste pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbriste |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
briste
briste