# briseadh
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“to break, smash, destroy”). By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Galway) IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/

#### Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular briste, nominative plural bristeacha)
* verbal noun of bris
* break, the act of breaking; breakage
* disruption, dismissal
* change (of money, etc.)
* battle; defeat
* (in the plural) breakers

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
briseadh
bristeacha
vocative
a bhriseadh
a bhristeacha
genitive
briste
bristeacha
dative
briseadh
bristeacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an briseadh
na bristeacha
genitive
an bhriste
na mbristeacha
dative
leis an mbriseadh don bhriseadh
leis na bristeacha :

##### Derived terms

* briseadh airgid (“small change”)
* briseadh amach (“outbreak”)
* briseadh an lae (“daybreak”)
* briseadh croí (“heartbreak”)
* briseadh síochána (“breach of the peace”)
* croíbhriseadh (“heartbreak”)
* imbhriseadh (“melee”)

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* Past autonomous form
** (Munster) IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəɡ/
** (Galway) IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəvˠ/
** (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/
* Imperative and past subjunctive forms
** (Munster) IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
** (Galway) IPA: (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃəx/
** (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃuː/

#### Verb

briseadh
* inflection of bris:
** past indicative autonomous
** third-person singular imperative
** past subjunctive analytic

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bris(s)ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 122, page 65
* 1 2 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 353, page 121

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish brised, brissed, verbal noun of brisid (“breaks, smashes, destroys”). By surface analysis, bris +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈpʰð̥iʃəɣ/ (as if spelled priseadh)
* (Harris, North Uist) IPA: /ˈb̥ɾʲiʃəɣ/
* (South Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA: /ˈb̥ɾʲiʃtʲəɣ/ (corresponding to the form bristeadh)
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈb̥ɾʲiʃtʲək/ (corresponding to the form bristeadh)

### Noun

briseadh m (genitive singular brisidh, plural brisidhean)
* verbal noun of bris
* bankruptcy
* breach

#### Derived terms

* briseadh a-mach (“eruption, outbreak”)
* briseadh-céille (“derangement of mind”)
* briseadh-creideis (“bankruptcy”)
* briseadh-cridhe (“heart-break”)
* briseadh-dùil (“disappointment”)
* briseadh-latha (“dawn, daybreak”)
* briseadh-pòsaidh (“adultery”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bris(s)ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “briseadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN