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bréan
bréan
See also: brean
Irish
Adjective
bréan (genitive singular masculine bréin, genitive singular feminine bréine, plural bréana, comparative bréine)
Conjugation
Declension of bréan
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bréan | bhréan | bréana; bhréana² |
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| Vocative | bhréin | bréana | ||
| Genitive | bréine | bréana | bréan | |
| Dative | bréan; bhréan¹ |
bhréan; bhréin (archaic) |
bréana; bhréana² |
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| 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)
Declension
Declension of bréan
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- bran
- deargán
Verb
bréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| 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 | bhréanfá | bhréanfadh sé, sí | bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid | bhréanfadh sibh | bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad | a bhréanfadh / ar bhréanfadh* |
bhréanfaí | |
| 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
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bréan | bhréan | mbréan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||