bréan

See also: brean

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲiːa̯nˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲeːnˠ/

Adjective

bréan (genitive singular masculine bréin, genitive singular feminine bréine, plural bréana, comparative bréine)

1. fetid, rancid, foul
2. (with de) fed up (with), sick (of)

   Tá mé bréan de do bhréaga.

   I’m sick of your lies.

Declension

Declension of bréan

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• bréanlach
• bréantas

Noun

bréan m (genitive singular bréin, nominative plural bréin)

1. bream (Abramis brama)

Declension

Declension of bréan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bréan bréin Vocative a bhréin a bhréana Genitive bréin bréan Dative bréan bréin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bréan na bréin Genitive an bhréin na mbréan Dative leis an mbréan don bhréan leis na bréin

Synonyms

• bran
• deargán

Verb

bréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)

1. pollute, putrefy

Conjugation

conjugation of bréan (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	bréanaim	bréanann tú; bréanair†	bréanann sé, sí	bréanaimid	bréanann sibh	bréanann siad; bréanaid†	a bhréanann; a bhréanas / a mbréanann*; a mbréanas*	bréantar
	past	bhréan mé; bhréanas	bhréan tú; bhréanais	bhréan sé, sí	bhréanamar; bhréan muid	bhréan sibh; bhréanabhair	bhréan siad; bhréanadar	a bhréan / ar bhréan*	bréanadh
	past habitual	bhréanainn / mbréanainn‡‡	bhréantá / mbréantᇇ	bhréanadh sé, sí / mbréanadh sé, s퇇	bhréanaimis; bhréanadh muid / mbréanaimis‡‡; mbréanadh muid‡‡	bhréanadh sibh / mbréanadh sibh‡‡	bhréanaidís; bhréanadh siad / mbréanaidís‡‡; mbréanadh siad‡‡	a bhréanadh / a mbréanadh*	bhréantaí / mbréanta퇇
future		bréanfaidh mé; bréanfad	bréanfaidh tú; bréanfair†	bréanfaidh sé, sí	bréanfaimid; bréanfaidh muid	bréanfaidh sibh	bréanfaidh siad; bréanfaid†	a bhréanfaidh; a bhréanfas / a mbréanfaidh*; a mbréanfas*	bréanfar
conditional		bhréanfainn / mbréanfainn‡‡	bhréanfá / mbréanfᇇ	bhréanfadh sé, sí / mbréanfadh sé, s퇇	bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid / mbréanfaimis‡‡; mbréanfadh muid‡‡	bhréanfadh sibh / mbréanfadh sibh‡‡	bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad / mbréanfaidís‡‡; mbréanfadh siad‡‡	a bhréanfadh / a mbréanfadh*	bhréanfaí / mbréanfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbréana mé; go mbréanad†	go mbréana tú; go mbréanair†	go mbréana sé, sí	go mbréanaimid; go mbréana muid	go mbréana sibh	go mbréana siad; go mbréanaid†	—	go mbréantar
	past	dá mbréanainn	dá mbréantá	dá mbréanadh sé, sí	dá mbréanaimis; dá mbréanadh muid	dá mbréanadh sibh	dá mbréanaidís; dá mbréanadh siad	—	dá mbréantaí
imperative		bréanaim	bréan	bréanadh sé, sí	bréanaimis	bréanaigí; bréanaidh†	bréanaidís	—	bréantar
verbal noun		bréanadh
past participle		bréanta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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