brecc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brikkos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲrʲek/

Adjective

brecc

  1. speckled, spotted, flecked
  2. checkered
  3. variegated

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative brecc brecc brecc
vocative bricc*
brecc**
accusative brecc bricc
genitive bricc bricce bricc
dative briucc bricc briucc
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative bricc brecca
vocative briccu
brecca†
accusative briccu
brecca†
genitive brecc
dative breccaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: breac
  • Manx: breck
  • Scottish Gaelic: breac

Noun

brecc m (genitive bricc, nominative plural bricc)

  1. trout

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative brecc breccL briccL
vocative bricc breccL briccuH
accusative breccN breccL briccuH
genitive briccL brecc breccN
dative briuccL breccaib breccaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • breccach

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of brecc
radical lenition nasalization
brecc brecc
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbrecc

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

Further reading

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