brecc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brikkos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲek/

Adjective

brecc

1. speckled, spotted, flecked
2. checkered
3. variegated

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brecc	brecc	brecc
vocative	bricc* brecc**
accusative	brecc	bricc
genitive	bricc	bricce	bricc
dative	briucc	bricc	briucc
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	bricc	brecca
vocative	briccu brecca†
accusative	briccu brecca†
genitive	brecc
dative	breccaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: breac
• Manx: breck
• Scottish Gaelic: breac

Noun

brecc m (genitive bricc, nominative plural bricc)

1. trout

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	brecc	breccL	briccL
vocative	bricc	breccL	briccuH
accusative	breccN	breccL	briccuH
genitive	briccL	brecc	breccN
dative	briuccL	breccaib	breccaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• breccach

Descendants

• Irish: breac
• Manx: breck
• Scottish Gaelic: breac

Mutation

Mutation of brecc

radical	lenition	nasalization
brecc	brecc pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbrecc

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brecc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language