bris
Irish (Donegal)
/bʲɾʲɪʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to break, fracture
- sack, fire, dismiss
- (banking) cash, of money, bills change
- of dam burst
- of government overthrow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish brisid inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (burst, break, crack, separate, split).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰres-
Gloss
burst, break, crack, separate, split
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aburst English
- afterburst English
- airburst English
- budburst English
- burst English
- burstability English
- burstable English
- burster English
- bursteth English
- burstlet English
- burstwise English
- burstwort English
- bursty English
- circumburst English
- cloudburst English
- colorburst English
- damburst English
- downburst English
- forburst English
- groundburst English
- inburst English
- interburst English
- intraburst English
- macroburst English
- microburst English
- miniburst English
- outburst English
- postburst English
- preburst English
- rockburst English
- starburst English
- sunburst English
- superburst English
- thunderburst English
- toburst English
- unburst English
- upburst English
- Gebresten German
- bersten German
- zerbersten German
- φάρσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *brasō Proto-Germanic
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- bersten Middle English
- athbhris Irish
- briseadh Irish
- croíbhriseadh Irish
- sobhriste Irish
- brised Old Irish
- brisid Old Irish
- bris Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- brish Manx
- bresten Middle High German
- *brasa gmw-pro
- *brestā Proto-Celtic