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breac.

speckled, spotted

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/bʲɾʲak/
  1. speckled, spotted

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish brecc (“speckled, spotted; trout”), from Proto-Celtic *brikkos. Cognate with Breton breac’h and Welsh brych. The verb is from Middle Irish breccaid (“to speckle”), from the adjective.

noun/bʲɾʲak/
  1. trout

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish brecc (“speckled, spotted; trout”), from Proto-Celtic *brikkos. Cognate with Breton breac’h and Welsh brych. The verb is from Middle Irish breccaid (“to speckle”), from the adjective.

verb/bʲɾʲak/
  1. to speckle

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish brecc (“speckled, spotted; trout”), from Proto-Celtic *brikkos. Cognate with Breton breac’h and Welsh brych. The verb is from Middle Irish breccaid (“to speckle”), from the adjective.

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