briste
See also: bríste
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, cognate with Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʁɛsd̥ə]
Conjugation
Further reading
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/
Declension
Declension of briste
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | briste | bhriste | briste; bhriste² | |
| Vocative | bhriste | briste | ||
| Genitive | briste | briste | briste | |
| Dative | briste; bhriste¹ |
bhriste | briste; bhriste² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste (“better broken Irish than clever English”)
- maide briste (“tongs”)
- Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
- sobhriste (“breakable, easily broken”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| briste | bhriste | mbriste |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “briste” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “briste” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.
References
- “briste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲrʲisʲtʲe/
Declension
| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | briste | briste | briste |
| Vocative | bristi | ||
| Accusative | briste | bristi | |
| Genitive | bristi | briste | bristi |
| Dative | bristiu | bristi | bristiu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | bristi | bristi | |
| Vocative | bristi bristiu* | ||
| Accusative | bristi bristiu* | ||
| Genitive | briste | ||
| Dative | bristib | ||
| Notes | * when substantivized | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾʲiʃtʲə/
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