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briosc

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish brisc, from Proto-Celtic *briskos.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic brisg.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

briosc (genitive singular masculine brisc, genitive singular feminine brisce, plural briosca, comparative brisce)

  1. brittle, fragile
    Synonym: aibrisc
  2. crisp, friable
  3. brisk (full of liveliness and activity)
    Synonyms: bríogúil, bríomhar
  4. flatulent

Declension edit

Declension of briosc
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative briosc bhriosc briosca;
bhriosca²
Vocative bhrisc briosca
Genitive brisce briosca briosc
Dative briosc;
bhriosc¹ 		bhriosc;
bhrisc (archaic) 		briosca;
bhriosca²
Comparative níos brisce
Superlative is brisce

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
briosc bhriosc mbriosc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brisko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

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