bris

See also: brise and -bris

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /bɹɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

bris (plural brises or brisses or britot)

  1. (Judaism) Ritual male circumcision.
    • 1993, Miriam Rose, Miriam Zakon, “The Baker Family Circus”, in Baker's Dozen, volume 4, Omnibus, page 129:
      The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing.
    • 2009, Jeffrey Shandler, Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America, page 155:
      Although indigenous visual documentation of the bris was, until the advent of video, limited and often oblique, the ceremony is a longstanding fixture of Christian art.
    • 2013, Ted Falcon, David Blatner, Judaism For Dummies, 2nd edition, page 109:
      However, if the baby is born on a Wednesday night, then the bris would occur on the following Thursday morning because Jewish days begin at sundown, and the bris is tradionally performed during the day. (Note that the Talmud (see Chapter 3) states if the baby's health is in question, then the bris must be postponed.)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • bris periah

Translations

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʁi/
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Noun

bris m (plural bris)

  1. shattering

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to brjósk (“gristle, cartilage”), where the original sense was "sweetbread."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [prɪːs]
  • Rhymes: -ɪːs

Noun

bris n (genitive singular briss, nominative plural bris)

  1. (anatomy) pancreas

Declension
declension of bris
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bris brisið bris brisin
accusative bris brisið bris brisin
dative brisi brisinu brisum brisunum
genitive briss brissins brisa brisanna

Synonyms

References
  • Pierson, S. (2011). The Brisket Book: A Love Story with Recipes. United States: Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brisid. Cognate with English burst and German bersten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲɾʲɪʃ/

Verb

bris (present analytic briseann, future analytic brisfidh, verbal noun briseadh, past participle briste)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to break, fracture
  2. sack, fire, dismiss
  3. (banking) cash, (of money, bills) change
  4. burst (of dam)
  5. overthrow (of government)

Conjugation
conjugation of bris (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present brisim briseann tú;
brisir†		 briseann sé, sí brisimid briseann sibh briseann siad;
brisid†		 a bhriseann; a bhriseas /
a mbriseann*; a mbriseas*		 bristear
past bhris mé; bhriseas bhris tú; bhrisis bhris sé, sí bhriseamar; bhris muid bhris sibh; bhriseabhair bhris siad; bhriseadar a bhris /
ar bhris*		 briseadh
past habitual bhrisinn / mbrisinn‡‡ bhristeá / mbristeᇇ bhriseadh sé, sí / mbriseadh sé, s퇇 bhrisimis; bhriseadh muid / mbrisimis‡‡; mbriseadh muid‡‡ bhriseadh sibh / mbriseadh sibh‡‡ bhrisidís; bhriseadh siad / mbrisidís‡‡; mbriseadh siad‡‡ a bhriseadh /
a mbriseadh*		 bhristí / mbrist퇇
future brisfidh mé;
brisfead		 brisfidh tú;
brisfir†		 brisfidh sé, sí brisfimid;
brisfidh muid		 brisfidh sibh brisfidh siad;
brisfid†		 a bhrisfidh; a bhrisfeas /
a mbrisfidh*; a mbrisfeas*		 brisfear
conditional bhrisfinn / mbrisfinn‡‡ bhrisfeá / mbrisfeᇇ bhrisfeadh sé, sí / mbrisfeadh sé, s퇇 bhrisfimis; bhrisfeadh muid / mbrisfimis‡‡; mbrisfeadh muid‡‡ bhrisfeadh sibh / mbrisfeadh sibh‡‡ bhrisfidís; bhrisfeadh siad / mbrisfidís‡‡; mbrisfeadh siad‡‡ a bhrisfeadh /
a mbrisfeadh*		 bhrisfí / mbrisf퇇
subjunctive present go mbrise mé;
go mbrisead†		 go mbrise tú;
go mbrisir†		 go mbrise sé, sí go mbrisimid;
go mbrise muid		 go mbrise sibh go mbrise siad;
go mbrisid†		 — go mbristear
past dá mbrisinn dá mbristeá dá mbriseadh sé, sí dá mbrisimis;
dá mbriseadh muid		 dá mbriseadh sibh dá mbrisidís;
dá mbriseadh siad		 — dá mbristí
imperative brisim bris briseadh sé, sí brisimis brisigí;
brisidh†		 brisidís — bristear
verbal noun briseadh
past participle briste

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Noun

bris f (genitive singular brise, nominative plural briseanna)

  1. loss
    Ní maith liom do bhris.
    I’m sorry for your loss.

Declension
Declension of bris

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bris briseanna
Vocative a bhris a bhriseanna
Genitive brise briseanna
Dative bris briseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhris na briseanna
Genitive na brise na mbriseanna
Dative leis an mbris

don bhris

 leis na briseanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bris bhris mbris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Lithuanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲrʲɪs̪]

Verb

brìs

  1. third-person singular future of bristi
  2. third-person plural future of bristi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise.

Noun

bris m (definite singular brisen, indefinite plural briser, definite plural brisene)

  1. (weather) a breeze

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise.

Noun

bris m (definite singular brisen, indefinite plural brisar, definite plural brisane)

  1. (weather) a breeze

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲrʲisʲ/

Verb

bris

  1. second-person singular imperative of brisid

·bris

  1. inflection of brisid:
    1. third-person singular preterite conjunct
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive conjunct

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bris bris
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brisid. Cognate with English burst and German bersten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾʲiʃ/

Verb

bris (past bhris, future brisidh, verbal noun briseadh, past participle briste)

  1. break, smash
  2. breach

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bris”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bris(s)id”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brîːs/

Noun

brȋs m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑с)

  1. (medicine) swab, smear

Declension
Declension of bris
singular plural
nominative brȋs brȉsovi
genitive brisa brisova
dative brisu brisovima
accusative bris brisove
vocative brise brisovi
locative brisu brisovima
instrumental brisom brisovima

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Spanish and Portuguese brisa (“northeast wind”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /briːs/

Noun

bris c

  1. (often nautical) breeze
    styv bris
    fresh ("stiff") breeze (at sea)

Usage notes
  • More nautical-sounding compared to English breeze, but also used more generally.
  • Plural form could also be brisar.

Declension
Declension of bris 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bris brisen briser briserna
Genitive bris brisens brisers brisernas

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bridge.

Noun

bris

  1. bridge
  2. wharf

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /briːs/

Noun

bris

  1. Soft mutation of pris.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pris bris mhris phris
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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