# bréag
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish bréc.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bʲɾʲiːa̯ɡ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /bʲɾʲeːɡ/

### Noun

bréag f (genitive singular bréige, nominative plural bréaga)
* lie, falsehood
* deception, deceit

#### Declension

Second declension

#### Derived terms

* bréagán
* bréagfholt

### Verb

bréag (present analytic bréagann, future analytic bréagfaidh, verbal noun bréagadh, past participle bréagtha)
* to lie (tell a falsehood)
* to deceive
* to soothe

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | bréagaim | bréagann tú; bréagair$^†$ | bréagann sé, sí | bréagaimid | bréagann sibh | bréagann siad; bréagaid$^†$ | a bhréagann; a bhréagas / a mbréagann* | bréagtar |
| indicative | past | bhréag mé; bhréagas | bhréag tú; bhréagais | bhréag sé, sí | bhréagamar; bhréag muid | bhréag sibh; bhréagabhair | bhréag siad; bhréagadar | a bhréag / ar bhréag* | bréagadh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhréagainn / mbréagainn‡‡ | bhréagtá / mbréagtá‡‡ | bhréagadh sé, sí / mbréagadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhréagaimis; bhréagadh muid / mbréagaimis‡‡; mbréagadh muid‡‡ | bhréagadh sibh / mbréagadh sibh‡‡ | bhréagaidís; bhréagadh siad / mbréagaidís‡‡; mbréagadh siad‡‡ | a bhréagadh / a mbréagadh* | bhréagtaí / mbréagtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | bréagfaidh mé; bréagfad | bréagfaidh tú; bréagfair$^†$ | bréagfaidh sé, sí | bréagfaimid; bréagfaidh muid | bréagfaidh sibh | bréagfaidh siad; bréagfaid$^†$ | a bhréagfaidh; a bhréagfas / a mbréagfaidh* | bréagfar |
| conditional | conditional | bhréagfainn / mbréagfainn‡‡ | bhréagfá / mbréagfá‡‡ | bhréagfadh sé, sí / mbréagfadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhréagfaimis; bhréagfadh muid / mbréagfaimis‡‡; mbréagfadh muid‡‡ | bhréagfadh sibh / mbréagfadh sibh‡‡ | bhréagfaidís; bhréagfadh siad / mbréagfaidís‡‡; mbréagfadh siad‡‡ | a bhréagfadh / a mbréagfadh* | bhréagfaí / mbréagfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go mbréaga mé; go mbréagad$^†$ | go mbréaga tú; go mbréagair$^†$ | go mbréaga sé, sí | go mbréagaimid; go mbréaga muid | go mbréaga sibh | go mbréaga siad; go mbréagaid$^†$ | — | go mbréagtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá mbréagainn | dá mbréagtá | dá mbréagadh sé, sí | dá mbréagaimis; dá mbréagadh muid | dá mbréagadh sibh | dá mbréagaidís; dá mbréagadh siad | — | dá mbréagtaí |
| imperative | imperative | bréagaim | bréag | bréagadh sé, sí | bréagaimis | bréagaigí; bréagaidh$^†$ | bréagaidís | — | bréagtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bréagadh | bréagadh | bréagadh | bréagadh | bréagadh | bréagadh | bréagadh | bréagadh |
| past participle | past participle | bréagtha | bréagtha | bréagtha | bréagtha | bréagtha | bréagtha | bréagtha | bréagtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* bréagach
* bréagadóir

### Further reading

* Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55