Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From for- +‎ brisid.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

for·bris(s)i (verbal noun forbris(s)iud)

  1. to rout (completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 67b24
      Inna c{h}enél fo·rrorbris, fos·roammámigestar dïa molad ⁊ dïa adrad.
      The peoples whom he has routed, he has subjugated them to his praise and to his worship.

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: forbhriseadh (from the verbal noun)

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit