briste

See also: bríste

Contents

IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

ParticipleEdit

briste

1. past participle of bris

AdjectiveEdit

briste (not comparable)

1. broken

DeclensionEdit

Declension of briste

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	briste	bhriste	briste; bhriste²
Vocative	bhriste		briste
Genitive		briste	briste	briste
Dative	briste; bhriste¹	bhriste	briste; bhriste²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Derived termsEdit

• is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste (“better broken Irish than clever English”)
• Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
• sobhriste (“breakable, easily broken”)

NounEdit

briste m

1. genitive singular of briseadh

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briste	bhriste	mbriste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.

VerbEdit

briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)

1. to burst; to break; to snap
2. to fail
3. to crack; to rupture
4. to give way

ReferencesEdit

• “briste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲisʲtʲe/

VerbEdit

briste

1. passive singular preterite absolute of brisid

ParticipleEdit

briste

1. past participle of brisid

DeclensionEdit

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	briste	briste	briste
Vocative	bristi
Accusative	briste	bristi
Genitive	bristi	briste	bristi
Dative	bristiu	bristi	bristiu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	bristi	bristi
Vocative	bristi
Accusative	bristi bristiu (when substantivized)
Genitive	briste
Dative	bristib

MutationEdit

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

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Scottish GaelicEdit

VerbEdit

briste

1. past participle of bris

AdjectiveEdit

briste

1. broken