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breag

breag

See also: bréag and bréag-

Manx

Noun

breag f ‎(genitive singular breagey, plural breagyn)

  1. lie
    Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag.‎ ― A drunken heart will not tell a lie.
    Cha row eh erskyn breag.‎ ― He could stoop to a lie.
    Hooar mee breag ass.‎ ― I caught him out in a lie.
    Ta mee ginsh breag.‎ ― I am lying.
  2. fallacy, sham
  3. fiction, invention

Related terms

  • breagagh ‎(“lying, false; imitation; extravagant; fictitious, spurious”, adj)
  • breagerey ‎(“liar, romancer, storyteller”, noun)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
breag vreag mreag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Old Irish bréc ‎(“lie, falsehood, deception”).

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