"breis" meaning in Irish

See breis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /bʲɾʲɛʃ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], breis [error-unrecognized-form], bhreis [lenition], mbreis [eclipsis]
Etymology: From Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|breis||increase; profit, advantage}} Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”) Head templates: {{head|ga|adverb}} breis Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. somewhat
    Sense id: en-breis-ga-adv-jYyHIgTu

Noun

IPA: /bʲɾʲɛʃ/
Etymology: From Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|breis||increase; profit, advantage}} Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|breise|||||||nominative plural|breiseanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} breis f (genitive singular breise, nominative plural breiseanna), {{ga-noun|f|breise|breiseanna}} breis f (genitive singular breise, nominative plural breiseanna) Forms: breise [genitive, singular], breiseanna [nominative, plural], declension-2 [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], breis [indefinite, nominative, singular], breiseanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhreis [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhreiseanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], breise [genitive, indefinite, singular], breiseanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], breis [dative, indefinite, singular], breiseanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bhreis [definite, nominative, singular], na breiseanna [definite, nominative, plural], na breise [definite, genitive, singular], na mbreiseanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbreis [dative, definite, singular], don bhreis [dative, definite, singular], leis na breiseanna [dative, definite, plural]
  1. increase, addition; addendum; increment Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-breis-ga-noun-avPG1NcV Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 51 9 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 41 15 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 63 10 19
  2. overmuch, excess Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-breis-ga-noun-4vFIAume
  3. (mathematics) extra Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-breis-ga-noun-yN7nj4x7 Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breisíocht, incrimint Derived forms: breischéim [comparative], breisigh (english: to increase, add to), comhbhreis (english: common difference), de bhreis ar (english: over and above)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ],
      "word": "breischéim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to increase, add to",
      "translation": "to increase, add to",
      "word": "breisigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "common difference",
      "translation": "common difference",
      "word": "comhbhreis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "over and above",
      "translation": "over and above",
      "word": "de bhreis ar"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breise",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhreiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na breise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbreiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "nominative plural",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "breise",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "4 51 9 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 41 15 32",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 63 10 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
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        "increase, addition; addendum; increment"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "addition",
          "addition"
        ],
        [
          "addendum",
          "addendum"
        ],
        [
          "increment",
          "increment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "overmuch, excess"
      ],
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          "overmuch"
        ],
        [
          "excess",
          "excess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        }
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      ],
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        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
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          "extra",
          "extra"
        ]
      ],
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        "(mathematics) extra"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲɾʲɛʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "breisíocht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "incrimint"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breis"
}

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        "1": "ga",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "increase; profit, advantage"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhreis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbreis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "somewhat"
      ],
      "id": "en-breis-ga-adv-jYyHIgTu",
      "links": [
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲɾʲɛʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breis"
}
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ],
      "word": "breischéim"
    },
    {
      "english": "to increase, add to",
      "translation": "to increase, add to",
      "word": "breisigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "common difference",
      "translation": "common difference",
      "word": "comhbhreis"
    },
    {
      "english": "over and above",
      "translation": "over and above",
      "word": "de bhreis ar"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "increase; profit, advantage"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish breis (“increase; profit, advantage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breise",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhreiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na breise",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbreiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhreis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na breiseanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "var": ""
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "increase, addition; addendum; increment"
      ],
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        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "addition",
          "addition"
        ],
        [
          "addendum",
          "addendum"
        ],
        [
          "increment",
          "increment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "overmuch, excess"
      ],
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          "overmuch",
          "overmuch"
        ],
        [
          "excess",
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        "feminine"
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          "extra"
        ]
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲɾʲɛʃ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "breisíocht"
    },
    {
      "word": "incrimint"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breis"
}

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    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bhreis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbreis",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "somewhat"
      ],
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        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲɾʲɛʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breis"
}

Download raw JSONL data for breis meaning in Irish (5.4kB)

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    "breis"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "breis",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 8"
}

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}

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}

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  "section": "Irish",
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}

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  "section": "Irish",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "breis",
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}

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  "title": "breis",
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}

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  "section": "Irish",
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  "title": "breis",
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (increment): breisíocht, incrimint desc=increment rest=breisíocht, incrimint cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
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  "title": "breis",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: breis/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.