# briste
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, cognate with Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈb̥ʁɛsd̥ə]

### Verb

briste (past tense brast or bristede, past participle bristet)
* to burst, break

#### Conjugation

activepassive
present
brister
bristes
past
brast or bristede
infinitive
briste
bristes
imperative
brist
participle
present
bristende
past
bristet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
bristen :

#### Derived terms

* brist
* bristefærdig
* bristepunkt
* bristning

### Further reading

* “briste” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “briste” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

### Participle

briste
* past participle of bris

### Adjective

briste (not comparable)
* broken

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste (“better broken Irish than clever English”)
* maide briste (“tongs”)
* maolbhriste
* Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
* sobhriste (“breakable, easily broken”)

### Noun

briste m
* genitive singular of briseadh

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “briste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle English
### Verb

briste
* Alternative form of bresten

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.

### Verb

briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)
* to burst; to break; to snap
* to fail
* to crack; to rupture
* to give way

### References

* “briste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʲrʲisʲtʲe/

### Verb

briste
* passive singular preterite absolute of brisid

### Participle

briste
* past participle of brisid

#### Declension

io/iā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | briste | briste | briste |
| Vocative | bristi | briste | briste |
| Accusative | briste | bristi | briste |
| Genitive | bristi | briste | bristi |
| Dative | bristiu | bristi | bristiu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | bristi | bristi | bristi |
| Vocative | bristi bristiu* | bristi | bristi |
| Accusative | bristi bristiu* | bristi | bristi |
| Genitive | briste | briste | briste |
| Dative | bristib | bristib | bristib |
| Notes | * when substantivized | * when substantivized | * when substantivized |

### Mutation

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾʲiʃtʲə/

### Verb

briste
* past participle of bris

### Adjective

briste
* broken

### Mutation

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