breallán
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
breallán m (genitive singular brealláin, nominative plural brealláin)
- awkward or foolish person, blunderer
- vessel, especially a urinal or chamber pot
- gaper, clam
- Synonyms: breallach, breallacán
Declension edit
Declension of breallán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- breallán spóirt (“laughing stock”)
Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
breallán | bhreallán | mbreallán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “breallán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brellán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breallán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 84
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breallán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN