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bricfeasta

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English breakfast.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪcˌfʲasˠt̪ˠə/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛcˈfˠɑːsˠt̪ˠə/[1] (as if spelled breicfásta)
  • (Cork) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲɪcˈfʲasˠt̪ˠ/[2] (as if spelled bricfeast)

Noun

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bricfeasta m (genitive singular bricfeasta, nominative plural bricfeastaí)

  1. breakfast
    Synonyms: béile maidine, céadphroinn, cuid na maidine

Declension

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Declension of bricfeasta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bricfeasta bricfeastaí
vocative a bhricfeasta a bhricfeastaí
genitive bricfeasta bricfeastaí
dative bricfeasta bricfeastaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bricfeasta na bricfeastaí
genitive an bhricfeasta na mbricfeastaí
dative leis an mbricfeasta
don bhricfeasta 		leis na bricfeastaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of bricfeasta
radical lenition eclipsis
bricfeasta bhricfeasta mbricfeasta

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 20, page 12
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 237, page 66; reprinted 1988

Further reading

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