Irish word

briste

broken

verbmasculine/ˈbʲɾʲiʃtʲə/

briste means “broken” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ˈbʲɾʲiʃtʲə/.

Mutation forms

Tá rud éigin briste agam.

I have broken something.

An bhfuil an peann luaidhe briste agat?

Have you broken the pencil?

Bhí sí ag tabhairt amach faoi na fuinneoga briste.

She was giving out about the broken windows.

Tá mo ghiotár briste.

My guitar is broken.

Tá an solas sin briste.

That light is broken.

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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