bricfeasta

Irish

Alternative forms

• bricfásta (Cois Fharraige)
• bricfeast (Cork)

Etymology

Borrowed from English breakfast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪcˌfʲasˠt̪ˠə/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɛcˈfˠɑːsˠt̪ˠə/ (as if spelled breicfásta)
• (Cork) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲɪcˈfʲasˠt̪ˠ/ (as if spelled bricfeast)

Noun

bricfeasta m (genitive singular bricfeasta, nominative plural bricfeastaí)

1. breakfast

   Synonyms: béile maidine, céadphroinn, cuid na maidine

Declension

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

• leaba agus bricfeasta (“bed and breakfast”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bricfeasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN