broinn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the dative singular of Old Irish brú (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”), from Proto-Celtic *brusū.

Pronunciation

Noun

broinn f (genitive singular broinne or bronn, nominative plural broinnte)

  1. womb
  2. alternative form of broinne (“breast, bosom; brink, verge”)

Declension

As second-declension noun:

Declension of broinn (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative broinn broinnte
vocative a bhroinn a bhroinnte
genitive broinne broinnte
dative broinn broinnte
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhroinn na broinnte
genitive na broinne na mbroinnte
dative leis an mbroinn
don bhroinn 		leis na broinnte

As fifth-declension noun:

Declension of broinn (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative broinn broinnte
vocative a bhroinn a bhroinnte
genitive bronn broinnte
dative broinn broinnte
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhroinn na broinnte
genitive na bronn na mbroinnte
dative leis an mbroinn
don bhroinn 		leis na broinnte

Derived terms

  • ball broinne (“birthmark”)
  • Eoin Broinne (“John the beloved disciple”)
  • galar broinne (“congenital disease”)
  • i mbroinn loinge (“in the hold of a ship”)
  • i mbroinn talún (“in the bowels of the earth”)
  • tar as broinn (“come from the womb, be born”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of broinn
radical lenition eclipsis
broinn bhroinn mbroinn

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 264
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 369, page 125

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾəiɲ/

Noun

broinn f

  1. dative singular of brù

Usage notes

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