maide briste

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “broken stick”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmˠædʲə ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

Noun

maide briste m (genitive singular maide bhriste, nominative plural maidí briste)

1. tongs

   Synonym: tlú

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maide,‎ briste.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “maide briste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maide”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 457
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maide briste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81