breçar

See also: brecar

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bertiāre, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French bercer, Catalan bressar and Spanish brezar and brizar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɾeˈsa]

• Audio (Béarn, France)

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• Hyphenation: bre‧çar

Verb

breçar (transitive)

1. to cradle
2. to rock (to move gently back and forth)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		breçar			aver breçat
gerund		breçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		breçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	breci	breças	breça	breçam	breçatz	breçan
	imperfect	breçavi	breçavas	breçava	breçàvem	breçàvetz	breçavan
	preterite	brecèri	brecères	brecèt	brecèrem	brecèretz	brecèron
	future	breçarai	breçaràs	breçarà	breçarem	breçaretz	breçaràn
	conditional	breçariái	breçariás	breçariá	breçariam	breçariatz	breçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	brecèra	brecèras	brecèra	breceram	breceratz	brecèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	brece	breces	brece	brecem	brecetz	brecen
	imperfect	brecèssi	brecèsses	brecèsse	brecèssem	brecèssetz	brecèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			breça		brecem	breçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		breçar			aver breçat
gerund		breçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		breçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	brece	breces	breça	breçam	breçatz	breçon
	imperfect	breçave	breçaves	breçava	breçaviam	breçaviatz	breçavon
	preterite	brecere	breceres	brecet	brecem	brecetz	breceron
	future	breçarai	breçaràs	breçará	breçarem	breçaretz	breçarán
	conditional	breçariá	breçariás	breçariá	breçariam	breçariatz	breçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	brecèra	brecèras	brecèra	breceram	breceratz	brecèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	brece	breces	brece	breçassiam	breçassiatz	breçon
	imperfect	brecesse	brecesses	brecesse	brecessiam	brecessiatz	brecesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			breça		breçassiam	breçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		breçar			aver breçat
gerund		breçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		breçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	breci	breças	breça	breçam	breçatz	breçan
	imperfect	breçavi	breçavas	breçava	breçàvam	breçàvatz	breçavan
	preterite	brecèi	brecès	brecè	brecèm	brecètz	brecèn
	future	breçarèi	breçaràs	breçarà	breçaram	breçaratz	breçaràn
	conditional	breçarí	breçarés	breçaré	breçarem	breçaretz	breçarén
	conditional 2nd form1	brecèra	brecèras	brecèra	breceram	breceratz	brecèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	breci	breces	brece	brecem	brecetz	brecen
	imperfect	brecèssi	brecèsses	brecèsse	brecèssem	brecèssetz	brecèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			breça		brecem	breçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		breçar			aver breçat
gerund		breçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		breçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	brece	breças	breça	breçam	breçatz	breçan
	imperfect	breçava	breçavas	breçava	breçàvam	breçàvatz	breçavan
	preterite	brecei	breceras	brecet	brecèram	brecèratz	breceran
	future	breçarai	breçaràs	breçará	breçarem	breçaretz	breçarán
	conditional	breçariá	breçariàs	breçariá	breçariam	breçariatz	breçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	brecèra	brecèras	brecèra	breceram	breceratz	brecèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	brece	breces	brece	brecem	brecetz	brecen
	imperfect	brecèsse	brecèsses	brecèsse	brecèssem	brecèssetz	brecèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			breça		brecem	breçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		breçar			aver breçat
gerund		breçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		breçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	brece	breces	breça	breçam	breçatz	breçan
	imperfect	breçavi	breçavas	breçava	breçàvem	breçàvetz	breçavan
	preterite	brecère	brecères	brecèt	breceriam	breceriatz	brecèron
	future	breçarai	breçaràs	breçarà	breçarem	breçaretz	breçaràn
	conditional	breçariáu	breçariás	breçariá	breçariam	breçariatz	breçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	brecèra	brecèras	brecèra	breceram	breceratz	brecèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	brece	breces	brece	brecem	brecetz	breçan
	imperfect	brecèsse	brecèsses	brecèsse	brecessiam	brecessiatz	brecèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			breça		brecem	breçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Synonyms

• breçolar

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2nd edition.
• Pierre-Yves Lambert (1995), La langue gauloise, 2nd edition, Éditions Errance.