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

Conjugation of briste

active passive present brister bristes past brast or bristede — infinitive briste bristes imperative brist — participle present bristende past bristet (auxiliary verb have) gerund bristen

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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

Positive	singular		plural
	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, 2013-2025

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

* 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.