bréantas

Irish

Alternative forms

• bréanntas (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish bréntas (“rottenness, stink”).

Noun

bréantas m (genitive singular bréantais, nominative plural)

1. rottenness, stench

   Synonym: tuth

2. filth

   Synonym: otras

Declension

Declension of bréantas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bréantas Vocative a bhréantais Genitive bréantais Dative bréantas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bréantas Genitive an bhréantais Dative leis an mbréantas don bhréantas

Related terms

• bréan (“to stink”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bréantas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bréntas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language