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brónach
brónach
See also: brònach
Irish
Adjective
brónach (genitive singular masculine brónaigh, genitive singular feminine brónaí, plural brónacha, comparative brónaí)
Declension
Declension of brónach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | brónach | bhrónach | brónacha; bhrónacha² |
|
| Vocative | bhrónaigh | brónacha | ||
| Genitive | brónaí | brónacha | brónach | |
| Dative | brónach; bhrónach¹ |
bhrónach; bhrónaigh (archaic) |
brónacha; bhrónacha² |
|
| Comparative | níos brónaí | |||
| Superlative | is brónaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- aiféalach
- buartha
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brónach | bhrónach | mbrónach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "brónach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “brónach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbroːnax/
Etymology
Adjective
brónach (comparative brónchu)
- sad, sorrowful; grievous
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16b18
- "ni bróntach donintarrái" glosses refectus est spiritus eius
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 86d7
- bronchu glosses tristiora
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16b18
Descendants
- Irish: brónach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| brónach | brónach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbrónach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “brónach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.