bréan

See also: brean

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲiːa̯nˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲeːnˠ/

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.

Related terms

• bréanlach
• bréantas

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

• bran
• deargán

Verb

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

1. pollute, putrefy

Conjugation

conjugation of bréan (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	bréanadh
past participle	bréanta
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	bréanaim	bréanann tú; bréanair†	bréanann sé, sí	bréanaimid	bréanann sibh	bréanann siad; bréanaid†	a bhréanann; a bhréanas / a mbréanann*	bréantar
past	bhréan mé; bhréanas	bhréan tú; bhréanais	bhréan sé, sí	bhréanamar; bhréan muid	bhréan sibh; bhréanabhair	bhréan siad; bhréanadar	a bhréan / ar bhréan*	bréanadh
past habitual	bhréanainn / mbréanainn‡‡	bhréantá / mbréantᇇ	bhréanadh sé, sí / mbréanadh sé, s퇇	bhréanaimis; bhréanadh muid / mbréanaimis‡‡; mbréanadh muid‡‡	bhréanadh sibh / mbréanadh sibh‡‡	bhréanaidís; bhréanadh siad / mbréanaidís‡‡; mbréanadh siad‡‡	a bhréanadh / a mbréanadh*	bhréantaí / mbréanta퇇
future	bréanfaidh mé; bréanfad	bréanfaidh tú; bréanfair†	bréanfaidh sé, sí	bréanfaimid; bréanfaidh muid	bréanfaidh sibh	bréanfaidh siad; bréanfaid†	a bhréanfaidh; a bhréanfas / a mbréanfaidh*	bréanfar
conditional	bhréanfainn / mbréanfainn‡‡	bhréanfá / mbréanfᇇ	bhréanfadh sé, sí / mbréanfadh sé, s퇇	bhréanfaimis; bhréanfadh muid / mbréanfaimis‡‡; mbréanfadh muid‡‡	bhréanfadh sibh / mbréanfadh sibh‡‡	bhréanfaidís; bhréanfadh siad / mbréanfaidís‡‡; mbréanfadh siad‡‡	a bhréanfadh / a mbréanfadh*	bhréanfaí / mbréanfa퇇
subjunctive
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
–	bréanaim	bréan	bréanadh sé, sí	bréanaimis	bréanaigí; bréanaidh†	bréanaidís	—	bréantar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN