briosc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • briosg (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish brisc, from Proto-Celtic *briskos.[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic brisg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲɾʲɪsˠk/
  • (Kerry, also) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲɨ̞sˠk/

Adjective

briosc (genitive singular masculine brisc, genitive singular feminine brisce, plural briosca, comparative brisce)

  1. brittle, fragile
    Synonym: aibrisc
  2. crisp, friable
  3. brisk (full of liveliness and activity)
    Synonyms: bríogúil, bríomhar
  4. flatulent

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
briosc bhriosc mbriosc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brisko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

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