breag
See also: bréag and bréag-
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bréc (“lie, falsehood, deception”).
Noun
breag f (genitive singular breagey, plural breagyn)
- lie
- Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag. ― A drunken heart will not tell a lie.
- Cha row eh erskyn breag. ― He could stoop to a lie.
- Hooar mee breag ass. ― I caught him out in a lie.
- Ta mee ginsh breag. ― I am lying.
- fallacy, sham
- fiction, invention
Related terms
- breagagh (“lying, false; imitation; extravagant; fictitious, spurious”, adj)
- breagerey (“liar, romancer, storyteller”, noun)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breag | vreag | mreag |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||