# bréan
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bʲɾʲiːa̯nˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /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 | Singular | Plural (m/f) | Plural (m/f) |
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bréan | bhréan | bréana; bhréana² | bréana; bhréana² |
| Vocative | bhréin | bhréan | bréana | bréana |
| Genitive | bhréin | bréine | bréana | bréan |
| Dative | bréan; bhréan¹ | bhréan; bhréin (archaic) | bréana; bhréana² | bréana; bhréana² |
| Comparative | níos bréine | níos bréine | níos bréine | níos bréine |
| Superlative | is bréine | is bréine | is bréine | 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.

#### Related terms

* bréanlach
* bréantas

### Noun

bréan m (genitive singular bréin, nominative plural bréin)
* bream (Abramis brama)

#### Declension

First declension

#### Synonyms

* bran
* deargán

### Verb

bréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)
* pollute, putrefy

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | bréanaim | bréanann tú; bréanair$^†$ | bréanann sé, sí | bréanaimid | bréanann sibh | bréanann siad; bréanaid$^†$ | a bhréanann; a bhréanas / a mbréanann* | bréantar |
| indicative | past | bhréan mé; bhréanas | bhréan tú; bhréanais | bhréan sé, sí | bhréanamar; bhréan muid | bhréan sibh; bhréanabhair | bhréan siad; bhréanadar | a bhréan / ar bhréan* | bréanadh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhréanainn / mbréanainn‡‡ | bhréantá / mbréantá‡‡ | bhréanadh sé, sí / mbréanadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhréanaimis; bhréanadh muid / mbréanaimis‡‡; mbréanadh muid‡‡ | bhréanadh sibh / mbréanadh sibh‡‡ | bhréanaidís; bhréanadh siad / mbréanaidís‡‡; mbréanadh siad‡‡ | a bhréanadh / a mbréanadh* | bhréantaí / mbréantaí‡‡ |
| future | future | bréanfaidh mé; bréanfad | bréanfaidh tú; bréanfair$^†$ | bréanfaidh sé, sí | bréanfaimid; bréanfaidh muid | bréanfaidh sibh | bréanfaidh siad; bréanfaid$^†$ | a bhréanfaidh; a bhréanfas / a mbréanfaidh* | bréanfar |
| conditional | conditional | bhréanfainn / mbréanfainn‡‡ | bhréanfá / mbréanfá‡‡ | bhréanfadh sé, sí / mbréanfadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid / mbréanfaimis‡‡; mbréanfadh muid‡‡ | bhréanfadh sibh / mbréanfadh sibh‡‡ | bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad / mbréanfaidís‡‡; mbréanfadh siad‡‡ | a bhréanfadh / a mbréanfadh* | bhréanfaí / mbréanfaí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | bréanaim | bréan | bréanadh sé, sí | bréanaimis | bréanaigí; bréanaidh$^†$ | bréanaidís | — | bréantar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bréanadh | bréanadh | bréanadh | bréanadh | bréanadh | bréanadh | bréanadh | bréanadh |
| past participle | past participle | bréanta | bréanta | bréanta | bréanta | bréanta | bréanta | bréanta | bréanta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN