bréc

See also: brec and brèç

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brenkā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- (“to deviate, corrupt”); cognate with Sanskrit भ्रंश (bhraṃśa, “deviation, decay”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲrʲeːɡ/

Noun

bréc f (genitive bréice, nominative plural bréca)

  1. lie, falsehood
  2. deception
  3. exaggeration

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative brécL bréicL brécaH
Vocative brécL bréicL brécaH
Accusative bréicN bréicL brécaH
Genitive bréiceH brécL brécN
Dative bréicL brécaib brécaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: bréag
  • Manx: breag
  • Scottish Gaelic: breug
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: brécaire

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bréc bréc
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbréc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 209, page 127

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