aibrisc

Irish

Etymology

From aith- ‎ briosc.

Adjective

aibrisc (genitive singular masculine aibrisc, genitive singular feminine aibrisce, plural aibrisce, comparative aibrisce)

1. brittle, frail

Declension

Declension of aibrisc

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aibrisc	aibrisc	aibrisce
vocative	aibrisc		aibrisce
genitive		aibrisce	aibrisce	aibrisc
dative	aibrisc	aibrisc	aibrisce
Comparative	níos aibrisce
Superlative	is aibrisce

Related terms

• aibrisce f (“brittleness, frailty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aibrisc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aibrisc	n-aibrisc	haibrisc	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibrisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aibrisc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm