breinn
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.
Adjective
breinn
- nasty, foul
- rotten, rancid, putrid
- smelly, fetid, malodorous
- T'eh breinn. It stinks.
- loathsome, offensive
- (film, literature, pornography) blue
- pestilential
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breinn | vreinn | mreinn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||