bréan
See also: brean
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbréan (genitive singular masculine bréin, genitive singular feminine bréine, plural bréana, comparative bréine)
- fetid, rancid, foul
- (with de) fed up (with), sick (of)
- Tá mé bréan de do bhréaga.
- I’m sick of your lies.
Declension
editDeclension of bréan
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bréan | bhréan | bréana; bhréana² | |
Vocative | bhréin | bréana | ||
Genitive | bréine | bréana | bréan | |
Dative | bréan; bhréan¹ |
bhréan; bhréin (archaic) |
bréana; bhréana² | |
Comparative | níos bréine | |||
Superlative | is bréine |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
editNoun
editbréan m (genitive singular bréin, nominative plural bréin)
Declension
editDeclension of bréan
Synonyms
editVerb
editbréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)
Conjugation
editconjugation of bréan (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bréan | bhréan | mbréan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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