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breac
breac
Irish
Adjective
breac (genitive singular masculine bric, genitive singular feminine brice, plural breaca, comparative brice)
Declension
Declension of breac
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | breac | bhreac | breaca; bhreaca² |
|
| Vocative | bhric | breaca | ||
| Genitive | brice | breaca | breac | |
| Dative | breac; bhreac¹ |
bhreac; bhric (archaic) |
breaca; bhreaca² |
|
| Comparative | níos brice | |||
| Superlative | is brice | |||
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
- alabhreac (“piebald; pied”, adjective)
- bairín breac (“barmbrack”)
- iarnbhreac
Verb
breac (present analytic breacann, future analytic breacfaidh, verbal noun breacadh, past participle breactha)
- to speckle
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | breacaim | breacann tú; breacair† |
breacann sé, sí | breacaimid | breacann sibh | breacann siad; breacaid† |
a bhreacann; a bhreacas / a mbreacann*; a mbreacas* |
breactar |
| past | bhreac mé; bhreacas | bhreac tú; bhreacais | bhreac sé, sí | bhreacamar; bhreac muid | bhreac sibh; bhreacabhair | bhreac siad; bhreacadar | a bhreac / ar bhreac* |
breacadh | |
| past habitual | bhreacainn | bhreactá | bhreacadh sé, sí | bhreacaimis; bhreacadh muid | bhreacadh sibh | bhreacaidís; bhreacadh siad | a bhreacadh / ar bhreacadh* |
bhreactaí | |
| future | breacfaidh mé; breacfad |
breacfaidh tú; breacfair† |
breacfaidh sé, sí | breacfaimid; breacfaidh muid |
breacfaidh sibh | breacfaidh siad; breacfaid† |
a bhreacfaidh; a bhreacfas / a mbreacfaidh*; a mbreacfas* |
breacfar | |
| conditional | bhreacfainn | bhreacfá | bhreacfadh sé, sí | bhreacfaimis; bhreacfadh muid | bhreacfadh sibh | bhreacfaidís; bhreacfadh siad | a bhreacfadh / ar bhreacfadh* |
bhreacfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go mbreaca mé; go mbreacad† |
go mbreaca tú; go mbreacair† |
go mbreaca sé, sí | go mbreacaimid; go mbreaca muid |
go mbreaca sibh | go mbreaca siad; go mbreacaid† |
— | go mbreactar |
| past | dá mbreacainn | dá mbreactá | dá mbreacadh sé, sí | dá mbreacaimis; dá mbreacadh muid |
dá mbreacadh sibh | dá mbreacaidís; dá mbreacadh siad |
— | dá mbreactaí | |
| imperative | breacaim | breac | breacadh sé, sí | breacaimis | breacaigí; breacaidh† |
breacaidís | — | breactar | |
| verbal noun | breacadh | ||||||||
| past participle | breactha | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Noun
breac m (genitive singular bric, nominative plural bric)
Declension
Declension of breac
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breac | bhreac | mbreac |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 brecc ‘speckled, spotted’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 brecc ‘speckled, spotted thing; trout’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “breccaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “breac” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "breac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish brecc (“speckled, spotted, variegated”).
Adjective
breac (comparative brice)
Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | breac | bhreac | breaca |
| Vocative | bhric | bhric | breac |
| Genitive | bhric | bhric/brice | breac |
| Dative | bhreac | bhric | breaca |
Derived terms
Verb
breac (past bhreac, future breacaidh, verbal noun breacadh, past participle breacte)
Conjugation
| Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | a' breacadh | -- |
| Past | bhreac | bhreacadh |
| Future | breacaidh | breacar |
| Conditional | bhreacadh | bhreactadh |
Etymology 2
From Old Irish brecc (“trout”).
Noun
breac m (genitive singular bric, plural bric)
- trout, brown trout
- (dialect) salmon
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “1 brecc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 brecc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.