briste

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See also: bríste

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, cognate with Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten.

Pronunciation

Verb

briste (past tense brast or bristede, past participle bristet)

  1. to burst, break

Conjugation

Conjugation of briste
active passive
present brister bristes
past brast or bristede —
infinitive briste bristes
imperative brist —
participle
present bristende
past bristet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund bristen

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Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

Participle

briste

  1. past participle of bris

Adjective

briste (not comparable)

  1. broken

Declension

Declension of briste
Positive singular plural
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.

Derived terms

Noun

briste m

  1. genitive singular of briseadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of briste
radical lenition eclipsis
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.

Further reading

Middle English

Verb

briste

  1. alternative form of bresten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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.

Verb

briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)

  1. to burst; to break; to snap
  2. to fail
  3. to crack; to rupture
  4. to give way

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

briste

  1. passive singular preterite absolute of brisid

Participle

briste

  1. past participle of brisid

Declension

io/iā-stem
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

* when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of briste
radical lenition nasalization
briste briste
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbriste

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Verb

briste

  1. past participle of bris

Adjective

briste

  1. broken

Mutation

Mutation of briste
radical lenition
briste bhriste

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

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