bréan

See also: brean

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bréan (genitive singular masculine bréin, genitive singular feminine bréine, plural bréana, comparative bréine)

  1. fetid, rancid, foul
  2. (with de) fed up (with), sick (of)
    Tá mé bréan de do bhréaga.
    I’m sick of your lies.

Declension

Declension of bréan
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bréan bhréan bréana;
bhréana2
vocative bhréin bréana
genitive bréine bréana bréan
dative bréan;
bhréan1 		bhréan;
bhréin (archaic) 		bréana;
bhréana2
Comparative níos bréine
Superlative is bréine

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

Noun

bréan m (genitive singular bréin, nominative plural bréin)

  1. bream (Abramis brama)

Declension

Declension of bréan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bréan bréin
vocative a bhréin a bhréana
genitive bréin bréan
dative bréan bréin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bréan na bréin
genitive an bhréin na mbréan
dative leis an mbréan
don bhréan 		leis na bréin

Synonyms

Verb

bréan (present analytic bréanann, future analytic bréanfaidh, verbal noun bréanadh, past participle bréanta)

  1. pollute, putrefy

Conjugation

Conjugation of bréan (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present bréanaim bréanann tú;
bréanair† 		bréanann sé, sí bréanaimid; bréanann muid bréanann sibh bréanann siad;
bréanaid† 		a bhréanann; a bhréanas bréantar
past bhréan mé; bhréanas bhréan tú; bhréanais bhréan sé, sí bhréanamar; bhréan muid bhréan sibh; bhréanabhair bhréan siad; bhréanadar a bhréan bréanadh
past habitual bhréanainn /
bréanainn‡ 		bhréantá /
bréantᇠ		bhréanadh sé, sí /
bréanadh sé, sí‡ 		bhréanaimis; bhréanadh muid /
bréanaimis‡; bréanadh muid‡ 		bhréanadh sibh /
bréanadh sibh‡ 		bhréanaidís; bhréanadh siad /
bréanaidís‡; bréanadh siad‡ 		a bhréanadh bhréantaí /
bréantaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future bréanfaidh mé;
bréanfad 		bréanfaidh tú;
bréanfair† 		bréanfaidh sé, sí bréanfaimid;
bréanfaidh muid 		bréanfaidh sibh bréanfaidh siad;
bréanfaid† 		a bhréanfaidh; a bhréanfas bréanfar
conditional bhréanfainn /
bréanfainn‡ 		bhréanfá /
bréanfᇠ		bhréanfadh sé, sí /
bréanfadh sé, sí‡ 		bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid /
bréanfaimis‡; bréanfadh muid‡ 		bhréanfadh sibh /
bréanfadh sibh‡ 		bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad /
bréanfaidís‡; bréanfadh siad‡ 		a bhréanfadh bhréanfaí /
bréanfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go mbréana mé;
go mbréanad† 		go mbréana tú;
go mbréanair† 		go mbréana sé, sí go mbréanaimid;
go mbréana muid 		go mbréana sibh go mbréana siad;
go mbréanaid† 		— go mbréantar
past dá mbréanainn dá mbréantá dá mbréanadh sé, sí dá mbréanaimis;
dá mbréanadh muid 		dá mbréanadh sibh dá mbréanaidís;
dá mbréanadh siad 		— dá mbréantaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— bréanaim bréan bréanadh sé, sí bréanaimis bréanaigí;
bréanaidh† 		bréanaidís — bréantar
past participle bréanta
verbal noun bréanadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of bréan
radical lenition eclipsis
bréan bhréan mbréan

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

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