brisid

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiʃədʲ/

Verb

brisid

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

Usage notes

The modern standard formis briseann siad.

Mutation

Mutated forms of brisid
radical lenition eclipsis
brisid bhrisid mbrisid

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • brissid

Etymology

Denominal verb of 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

brisid (conjunct ·brisi, verbal noun brised)

  1. to break, to smash
  2. to defeat

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. brisid, brissid bristir
conj. ·brisi, ·brissi; nod·mbrisi (with infixed pronoun d-) ·brister, ·brisster
rel. brister, brisster
imperfect indicative ·brised, ·brissed
preterite abs. brisis, brissis, brisiss, brississ briste bristi
conj. ·brisus, ·brisius ·brisis, ·brissis, ·brisiss, ·brississ ·bris, ·briss ·brisiset ·brised, ·brissed
rel. brisis, brissis, brisiss, brississ
perfect deut. ro·brisius ro·bris, ro·briss; ros·briss (with infixed pronoun s-) ro·brisiset
prot. ·robris
future abs.
conj. ·brisbedar
rel. brisfes
conditional
present subjunctive abs. brisid, brissid
conj. ·bris, ·briss
rel.
past subjunctive ·brised, ·brissed
imperative bris, briss brised, brissed brisid, brissid ·brister, ·brisster
verbal noun brised, brissed
past participle briste
verbal of necessity bristi

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of brisid
radical lenition nasalization
brisid brisid
pronounced with /βʲ-/
mbrisid

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brestā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 76

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