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briste
briste
See also: bríste
Irish
Participle
briste
- past participle of bris
Adjective
briste (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of briste
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | briste | bhriste | briste; bhriste² |
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| Vocative | bhriste | briste | ||
| Genitive | briste | briste | briste | |
| Dative | briste; bhriste¹ |
bhriste | briste; bhriste² |
|
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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
- is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste (“better broken Irish than clever English”)
- Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
- sobhriste (“breakable, easily broken”)
Noun
briste m
- genitive singular of briseadh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| briste | bhriste | mbriste |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.
Verb
briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)
References
- “briste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.