bréan

See also: brean

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bréan (genitive singular masculine bréin, genitive singular feminine bréine, plural bréana, comparative bréine)

  1. fetid, rancid, foul
  2. (with de) fed up (with), sick (of)
    Tá mé bréan de do bhréaga.
    I’m sick of your lies.

Declension

Declension of bréan
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bréan bhréan bréana;
bhréana2
vocative bhréin bréana
genitive bréine bréana bréan
dative bréan;
bhréan1 		bhréan;
bhréin (archaic) 		bréana;
bhréana2
Comparative níos bréine
Superlative is bréine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

bréan m (genitive singular bréin, nominative plural bréin)

  1. bream (Abramis brama)

Declension

Declension of bréan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bréan bréin
vocative a bhréin a bhréana
genitive bréin bréan
dative bréan bréin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bréan na bréin
genitive an bhréin na mbréan
dative leis an mbréan
don bhréan 		leis na bréin

Synonyms

Verb

bréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)

  1. pollute, putrefy

Conjugation

conjugation of bréan (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun bréanadh
past participle bréanta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present bréanaim bréanann tú;
bréanair† 		bréanann sé, sí bréanaimid bréanann sibh bréanann siad;
bréanaid† 		a bhréanann; a bhréanas /
a mbréanann* 		bréantar
past bhréan mé; bhréanas bhréan tú; bhréanais bhréan sé, sí bhréanamar; bhréan muid bhréan sibh; bhréanabhair bhréan siad; bhréanadar a bhréan /
ar bhréan* 		bréanadh
past habitual bhréanainn / mbréanainn‡‡ bhréantá / mbréantᇇ bhréanadh sé, sí / mbréanadh sé, s퇇 bhréanaimis; bhréanadh muid / mbréanaimis‡‡; mbréanadh muid‡‡ bhréanadh sibh / mbréanadh sibh‡‡ bhréanaidís; bhréanadh siad / mbréanaidís‡‡; mbréanadh siad‡‡ a bhréanadh /
a mbréanadh* 		bhréantaí / mbréanta퇇
future bréanfaidh mé;
bréanfad 		bréanfaidh tú;
bréanfair† 		bréanfaidh sé, sí bréanfaimid;
bréanfaidh muid 		bréanfaidh sibh bréanfaidh siad;
bréanfaid† 		a bhréanfaidh; a bhréanfas /
a mbréanfaidh* 		bréanfar
conditional bhréanfainn / mbréanfainn‡‡ bhréanfá / mbréanfᇇ bhréanfadh sé, sí / mbréanfadh sé, s퇇 bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid / mbréanfaimis‡‡; mbréanfadh muid‡‡ bhréanfadh sibh / mbréanfadh sibh‡‡ bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad / mbréanfaidís‡‡; mbréanfadh siad‡‡ a bhréanfadh /
a mbréanfadh* 		bhréanfaí / mbréanfa퇇
subjunctive
present go mbréana mé;
go mbréanad† 		go mbréana tú;
go mbréanair† 		go mbréana sé, sí go mbréanaimid;
go mbréana muid 		go mbréana sibh go mbréana siad;
go mbréanaid† 		— go mbréantar
past dá mbréanainn dá mbréantá dá mbréanadh sé, sí dá mbréanaimis;
dá mbréanadh muid 		dá mbréanadh sibh dá mbréanaidís;
dá mbréanadh siad 		— dá mbréantaí
imperative
– bréanaim bréan bréanadh sé, sí bréanaimis bréanaigí;
bréanaidh† 		bréanaidís — bréantar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréan
radical lenition eclipsis
bréan bhréan mbréan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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