Noun: bris
Gender: Fem
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | bris |
| Singular Genitive | brise |
| Plural Nominative | briseanna |
| Plural Genitive | briseanna |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an bhris |
| Singular Genitive | na brise |
| Plural Nominative | na briseanna |
| Plural Genitive | na mbriseanna |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bris
aerbhunáit,
aermhais,
aerpháirc,
aghaidh,
aidhm,
ailt,
aincheist,
aip,
aisléim,
ais,
aois,
baois,
beirt,
beith,
bleaist,
breis,
breith,
bris,
bunchéim,
bunscoil, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Irish brisid. Cognate with English burst and German bersten. See: English Nouns '
burst'.
Verbs referencing "bris"
English Nouns
burst.
Translations
break, intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces
break, transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
break, intransitive, of a bone: to crack
break, transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack
break, intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether
break, transitive: to cause to stop functioning