briosc

briosc

Irish

Alternative forms

• briosg (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish brisc, from Proto-Celtic *briskos.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic brisg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɪsˠk/

Adjective

briosc (genitive singular masculine brisc, genitive singular feminine brisce, plural briosca, comparative brisce)

1. brittle, fragile

   Synonym: aibrisc

2. crisp, friable
3. brisk (full of liveliness and activity)

   Synonyms: bríogúil, bríomhar

4. flatulent

Declension

Declension of briosc

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	briosc	bhriosc	briosca; bhriosca²
Vocative	bhrisc		briosca
Genitive		brisce	briosca	briosc
Dative	briosc; bhriosc¹	bhriosc; bhrisc (archaic)	briosca; bhriosca²
Comparative	níos brisce
Superlative	is brisce

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aibrisc
• briosca
• brioscaigh
• brioscán
• brisce
• craiceann briosc
• úrbhriosc

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briosc	bhriosc	mbriosc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brisko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

Further reading

• “briosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “briosc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 88
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 55.
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “briosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN