brisid

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃɪdʲ/

Verb

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brisid

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

Usage notes

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

Mutation

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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

  1. to break, to smash
  2. to defeat

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Mutation

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

References

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  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

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