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bris

See also: -bris and Bris

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).

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bris (plural brises or brisses or britot)

  1. (Judaism) Ritual male circumcision.
    • 1993, Miriam Rose, Miriam Zakon, “The Baker Family Circus”, in Baker's Dozen, volume 4, Omnibus, page 129:
      The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing.
    • 2009, Jeffrey Shandler, Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America, page 155:
      Although indigenous visual documentation of the bris was, until the advent of video, limited and often oblique, the ceremony is a longstanding fixture of Christian art.
    • 2013, Ted Falcon, David Blatner, Judaism For Dummies, 2nd edition, page 109:
      However, if the baby is born on a Wednesday night, then the bris would occur on the following Thursday morning because Jewish days begin at sundown, and the bris is tradionally performed during the day. (Note that the Talmud (see Chapter 3) states if the baby's health is in question, then the bris must be postponed.)

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French

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Etymology

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From the verb briser (“to break”)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʁi/
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Noun

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bris m (plural bris)

  1. shattering
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Related to brjósk (“gristle, cartilage”), where the original sense was "sweetbread."

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bris n (genitive singular briss, nominative plural bris)

  1. (anatomy) pancreas
    Synonym: briskirtill

Declension

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Declension of bris (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bris brisið bris brisin
accusative bris brisið bris brisin
dative brisi brisinu brisum brisunum
genitive briss brissins brisa brisanna

References

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  • Pierson, S. (2011). The Brisket Book: A Love Story with Recipes. United States: Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brisid. Cognate with English burst and German bersten.

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Verb

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bris (present analytic briseann, future analytic brisfidh, verbal noun briseadh, past participle briste)

  1. (ambitransitive) to break, fracture
  2. sack, fire, dismiss
  3. (banking) cash, (of money, bills) change
  4. burst (of dam)
  5. overthrow (of government)

Conjugation

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conjugation of bris (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun briseadh
past participle briste
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present brisim briseann tú;
brisir† 		briseann sé, sí brisimid briseann sibh briseann siad;
brisid† 		a bhriseann; a bhriseas /
a mbriseann* 		bristear
past bhris mé; bhriseas bhris tú; bhrisis bhris sé, sí bhriseamar; bhris muid bhris sibh; bhriseabhair bhris siad; bhriseadar a bhris /
ar bhris* 		briseadh
past habitual bhrisinn / mbrisinn‡‡ bhristeá / mbristeᇇ bhriseadh sé, sí / mbriseadh sé, s퇇 bhrisimis; bhriseadh muid / mbrisimis‡‡; mbriseadh muid‡‡ bhriseadh sibh / mbriseadh sibh‡‡ bhrisidís; bhriseadh siad / mbrisidís‡‡; mbriseadh siad‡‡ a bhriseadh /
a mbriseadh* 		bhristí / mbrist퇇
future brisfidh mé;
brisfead 		brisfidh tú;
brisfir† 		brisfidh sé, sí brisfimid;
brisfidh muid 		brisfidh sibh brisfidh siad;
brisfid† 		a bhrisfidh; a bhrisfeas /
a mbrisfidh* 		brisfear
conditional bhrisfinn / mbrisfinn‡‡ bhrisfeá / mbrisfeᇇ bhrisfeadh sé, sí / mbrisfeadh sé, s퇇 bhrisfimis; bhrisfeadh muid / mbrisfimis‡‡; mbrisfeadh muid‡‡ bhrisfeadh sibh / mbrisfeadh sibh‡‡ bhrisfidís; bhrisfeadh siad / mbrisfidís‡‡; mbrisfeadh siad‡‡ a bhrisfeadh /
a mbrisfeadh* 		bhrisfí / mbrisf퇇
subjunctive
present go mbrise mé;
go mbrisead† 		go mbrise tú;
go mbrisir† 		go mbrise sé, sí go mbrisimid;
go mbrise muid 		go mbrise sibh go mbrise siad;
go mbrisid† 		— go mbristear
past dá mbrisinn dá mbristeá dá mbriseadh sé, sí dá mbrisimis;
dá mbriseadh muid 		dá mbriseadh sibh dá mbrisidís;
dá mbriseadh siad 		— dá mbristí
imperative
– brisim bris briseadh sé, sí brisimis brisigí;
brisidh† 		brisidís — bristear

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

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Noun

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bris f (genitive singular brise, nominative plural briseanna)

  1. loss
    Ní maith liom do bhris.
    I’m sorry for your loss.

Declension

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Declension of bris (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bris briseanna
vocative a bhris a bhriseanna
genitive brise briseanna
dative bris briseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhris na briseanna
genitive na brise na mbriseanna
dative leis an mbris
don bhris 		leis na briseanna

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bris
radical lenition eclipsis
bris bhris mbris

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bri̇̀s

  1. third-person singular future of bristi
  2. third-person plural future of bristi

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German brise.

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bris m (definite singular brisen, indefinite plural briser, definite plural brisene)

  1. (weather) a breeze

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German brise.

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bris m (definite singular brisen, indefinite plural brisar, definite plural brisane)

  1. (weather) a breeze

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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bris

  1. second-person singular imperative of brisid

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·bris

  1. inflection of brisid:
    1. third-person singular preterite conjunct
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct

Mutation

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Mutation of bris
radical lenition nasalization
bris bris
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbris

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brisid. Cognate with English burst and German bersten.

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bris (past bhris, future brisidh, verbal noun briseadh, past participle briste)

  1. break, smash
  2. breach

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bris”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bris(s)id”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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brȋs m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑с)

  1. (medicine) swab, smear

Declension

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Declension of bris
singular plural
nominative brȋs brȉsovi
genitive brisa brisova
dative brisu brisovima
accusative bris brisove
vocative brise brisovi
locative brisu brisovima
instrumental brisom brisovima

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Etymology

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From Old Spanish and Portuguese brisa (“northeast wind”).

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bris c

  1. (often nautical) breeze
    styv bris
    fresh ("stiff") breeze (at sea)

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  • More nautical-sounding compared to English breeze, but also used more generally.
  • Plural form could also be brisar.

Declension

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Declension of bris
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bris bris
definite brisen brisens
plural indefinite briser brisers
definite briserna brisernas

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English bridge.

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bris

  1. bridge
  2. wharf

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bris

  1. soft mutation of pris

Mutation

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Mutated forms of pris
radical soft nasal aspirate
pris bris mhris phris

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yola

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish brus.

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bris

  1. smithereens, little pieces

References

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  • Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[2], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 155
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