breall

Irish

Alternative forms

brille (clitoris)

Etymology

From Old Irish brell (“blur, spot, stain, etc.; slur, blemish, etc.; tumour, a hump, knob or botch; the glans penis, etc.”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲal̪ˠ/

Noun

breall f or m (genitive singular breille or breill, nominative plural brealla)

(anatomy) glans penis; clitoris
(ugly) protuberance
blubber-lip, fat lip
Synonyms: liobar líota, meill
blemish, defect
rag, clout
blunderer, fool

Declension

Declension of breall

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	breall	brealla
Vocative	a bhreall	a bhrealla
Genitive	breille	breall
Dative	breall	brealla

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhreall	na brealla
Genitive	na breille	na mbreall
Dative	leis an mbreall don bhreall	leis na brealla

Alternative plural: breallacha

Derived terms

breallach (“protuberant”, adjective)
breallaire m (“fool”)
breallán m (“ragged person”)
breallmhéarach (“clumsy-fingered”, adjective)
breallóg f (“slattern”)
breallúil (“protuberant”, adjective)

Related terms

breallaireacht f (“silliness, silly talk”)
breallánta (“silly”, adjective)
breallántacht f (“(act of) talking nonsense; silliness, nonsense”)
breallógacht f (“slatternliness; slovenly work”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
breall	bhreall	mbreall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “breall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “breall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79

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