maide briste

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “broken stick”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmˠædʲə ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

Noun

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

tongs
Synonym: tlú
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maide,‎ briste.

Mutation

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

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

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