Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃɪdʲ/

Verb edit

brisid

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of bris

Usage notes edit

The modern standard forms are briseann siad in the indicative and go mbrise siad in the subjunctive.

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brisid bhrisid mbrisid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Denominative from bres (fight, combat), from Proto-Celtic *brestā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (to burst, break).[1] Cognate with Old English berstan and Old High German brestan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bris(s)id (conjunct ·bris(s)i, verbal noun bris(s)ed)

  1. to break, to smash
  2. to defeat

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: bris
  • Manx: brish
  • Scottish Gaelic: bris

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
brisid brisid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbrisid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brestā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

Further reading edit