bréan
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲɾʲeːnˠ/
Adjective
bréan (genitive singular masculine bréin, genitive singular feminine bréine, plural bréana, comparative bréine)
- fetid, rancid, foul
- (with de) fed up (with), sick (of)
- Tá mé bréan de do bhréaga.
- I’m sick of your lies.
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bréan | bhréan | bréana; bhréana² | |
Vocative | bhréin | bréana | ||
Genitive | bréine | bréana | bréan | |
Dative | bréan; bhréan¹ | bhréan; bhréin (archaic) | bréana; bhréana² | |
Comparative | níos bréine | |||
Superlative | is bréine |
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
- bréanlach
- bréantas
Noun
bréan m (genitive singular bréin, nominative plural bréin)
- bream (Abramis brama)
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Synonyms
- bran
- deargán
Verb
bréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)
- pollute, putrefy
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | bréanaim | bréanann tú; bréanair† | bréanann sé, sí | bréanaimid | bréanann sibh | bréanann siad; bréanaid† | a bhréanann; a bhréanas / a mbréanann*; a mbréanas* | bréantar |
past | bhréan mé; bhréanas | bhréan tú; bhréanais | bhréan sé, sí | bhréanamar; bhréan muid | bhréan sibh; bhréanabhair | bhréan siad; bhréanadar | a bhréan / ar bhréan* | bréanadh | |
past habitual | bhréanainn | bhréantá | bhréanadh sé, sí | bhréanaimis; bhréanadh muid | bhréanadh sibh | bhréanaidís; bhréanadh siad | a bhréanadh / ar bhréanadh* | bhréantaí | |
future | bréanfaidh mé; bréanfad | bréanfaidh tú; bréanfair† | bréanfaidh sé, sí | bréanfaimid; bréanfaidh muid | bréanfaidh sibh | bréanfaidh siad; bréanfaid† | a bhréanfaidh; a bhréanfas / a mbréanfaidh*; a mbréanfas* | bréanfar | |
conditional | bhréanfainn / mbréanfainn‡‡ | bhréanfá / mbréanfᇇ | bhréanfadh sé, sí / mbréanfadh sé, s퇇 | bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid / mbréanfaimis‡‡; mbréanfadh muid‡‡ | bhréanfadh sibh / mbréanfadh sibh‡‡ | bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad / mbréanfaidís‡‡; mbréanfadh siad‡‡ | a bhréanfadh / ar bhréanfadh* | bhréanfaí / mbréanfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go mbréana mé; go mbréanad† | go mbréana tú; go mbréanair† | go mbréana sé, sí | go mbréanaimid; go mbréana muid | go mbréana sibh | go mbréana siad; go mbréanaid† | — | go mbréantar |
past | dá mbréanainn | dá mbréantá | dá mbréanadh sé, sí | dá mbréanaimis; dá mbréanadh muid | dá mbréanadh sibh | dá mbréanaidís; dá mbréanadh siad | — | dá mbréantaí | |
imperative | bréanaim | bréan | bréanadh sé, sí | bréanaimis | bréanaigí; bréanaidh† | bréanaidís | — | bréantar | |
verbal noun | bréanadh | ||||||||
past participle | bréanta |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bréan | bhréan | mbréan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |