briste

See also: bríste

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, cognate with Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁɛsd̥ə]

Verb

briste (past tense brast or bristede, past participle bristet)

1. to burst, break

Conjugation

Inflection of briste

	present	past
simple	brister	brast or bristede
perfect	har bristet	havde bristet
passive	—	—
participle	bristende	bristet
imperative	brist	—
infinitive	briste	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	bristen	—

Derived terms

• brist
• bristefærdig
• bristepunkt
• bristning

 

Further reading

• “briste” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “briste” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃtʲə/

Participle

briste

1. past participle of bris

Adjective

briste (not comparable)

1. broken

Declension

Declension of briste

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	briste	bhriste	briste; bhriste2
vocative	bhriste		briste
genitive		briste	briste	briste
dative	briste; bhriste1	bhriste	briste; bhriste2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste (“better broken Irish than clever English”)
• maide briste (“tongs”)
• maolbhriste
• Oíche na Gloine Briste (“Kristallnacht”)
• sobhriste (“breakable, easily broken”)

 

Noun

briste m

1. genitive singular of briseadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of briste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
briste	bhriste	mbriste

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “briste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “briste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “briste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle English

Verb

briste

1. Alternative form of bresten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.

Verb

briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)

1. to burst; to break; to snap
2. to fail
3. to crack; to rupture
4. to give way

References

• “briste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲisʲtʲe/

Verb

briste

1. passive singular preterite absolute of brisid

Participle

briste

1. past participle of brisid

Declension

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	briste	briste	briste
Vocative	bristi
Accusative	briste	bristi
Genitive	bristi	briste	bristi
Dative	bristiu	bristi	bristiu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	bristi	bristi
Vocative	bristi bristiu*
Accusative	bristi bristiu*
Genitive	briste
Dative	bristib
Notes	* when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of briste

radical	lenition	nasalization
briste	briste pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbriste

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾʲiʃtʲə/

Verb

briste

1. past participle of bris

Adjective

briste

1. broken

Mutation

Mutation of briste

radical	lenition
briste	bhriste

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