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
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
briste | bhriste | mbriste |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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 |
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
briste | briste pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbriste |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
briste
briste
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
briste | bhriste |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |