breall

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish brell (“blur, spot, stain, etc.; slur, blemish, etc.; tumour, a hump, knob or botch; the glans penis, etc.”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲɾʲal̪ˠ/

Noun

breall f or m (genitive singular breille or breill, nominative plural brealla)

  1. (anatomy) glans penis; clitoris
  2. (ugly) protuberance
  3. blubber-lip, fat lip
    Synonyms: liobar líota, meill
  4. blemish, defect
  5. rag, clout
  6. blunderer, fool

Declension

Declension of breall (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative breall brealla
vocative a bhreall a bhrealla
genitive breille breall
dative breall brealla
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhreall na brealla
genitive na breille na mbreall
dative leis an mbreall
don bhreall 		leis na brealla

Derived terms

  • breallach (“protuberant”, adjective)
  • breallaire m (“fool”)
  • breallán m (“ragged person”)
  • breallmhéarach (“clumsy-fingered”, adjective)
  • breallóg f (“slattern”)
  • breallúil (“protuberant”, adjective)
  • breallaireacht f (“silliness, silly talk”)
  • breallánta (“silly”, adjective)
  • breallántacht f (“(act of) talking nonsense; silliness, nonsense”)
  • breallógacht f (“slatternliness; slovenly work”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of breall
radical lenition eclipsis
breall bhreall mbreall

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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