breall
Irish
Alternative forms
- brille (clitoris)
Etymology
From Old Irish brell (“blur, spot, stain, etc.; slur, blemish, etc.; tumour, a hump, knob or botch; the glans penis, etc.”).
Noun
breall f, m (genitive singular breille or breill, nominative plural brealla)
- (anatomy) glans penis; clitoris
- (ugly) protuberance
- blubber lip, fat lip
- Synonyms: liobar líota, meill
- blemish, defect
- rag, clout
- blunderer, fool
Declension
Declension of breall
Second declension
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: breallacha
Derived terms
Terms derived from breall
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Related terms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| breall | bhreall | mbreall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “brell” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "breall" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “breall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “breall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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