brisid

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃɪdʲ/

Verb

brisid

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

Usage notes

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

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • brissid

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲrʲisʲiðʲ]

Verb

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

  1. to break, to smash
  2. to defeat

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbrisid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  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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