breá
See also: brea
Irish
Alternative forms
- breagh, breágh, breaghdha (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish bregda.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲeː/, [bʲɾʲɛə̯][1] (as if spelled bré); /bʲɾʲiə/[2] (as if spelled bria)
Adjective
breá (genitive singular feminine breátha, plural breátha, comparative breátha or breácha)
- fine (of superior quality; sunny and not raining; acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory), excellent
Usage notes
Takes the adverbial construction go breá when used predicatively after a form of bí:
- Tá an lá go breá. ― The day is fine.
Declension
Declension of breá
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | breá | bhreá | breátha; bhreátha² | |
| Vocative | bhreá | breátha | ||
| Genitive | breátha | breátha | breá | |
| Dative | breá; bhreá¹ | bhreá | breátha; bhreátha² | |
| Comparative | níos breátha | |||
| Superlative | is breátha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative comparative form: breácha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- breáichte
- breáthacht f (“beauty, excellence; delight”)
- is breá le
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breá | bhreá | mbreá |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “breáġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 82
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “breá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bregda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “breá” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 53.
- Entries containing “breá” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 47
Spanish
Verb
breá
- second-person singular voseo imperative of brear
Anagrams
- abre