breag

See also: bréag and bréag-

Manx

• breg

Etymology

From Old Irish bréc (“lie, falsehood, deception”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːɡ/

Noun

breag f (genitive singular breagey, plural breagyn)

1. lie

   Cha ninshee cree er-mestey breag. ― A drunken heart will not tell a lie.

   Cha row eh erskyn breag. ― He could stoop to a lie.

   Hooar mee breag ass. ― I caught him out in a lie.

   Ta mee ginsh breag. ― I am lying.

2. fallacy, sham
3. fiction, invention

Related terms

• breagagh (“lying, false; imitation; extravagant; fictitious, spurious”, adjective)
• breagerey (“liar, romancer, storyteller”, noun)

Mutation

Mutation of breag

radical	lenition	eclipsis
breag	vreag	mreag

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bræ͜ɑːɡ/, [bræ͜ɑːɣ]

Noun

brēag m

1. alternative form of brǣw

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	brēag	brēagas
accusative	brēag	brēagas
genitive	brēages	brēaga
dative	brēage	brēagum