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brónach

brónach

See also: brònach

Irish

Adjective

brónach (genitive singular masculine brónaigh, genitive singular feminine brónaí, plural brónacha, comparative brónaí)

  1. sad, sorrowful

Declension

Synonyms

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


Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbroːnax/

Etymology

brón + -ach

Adjective

brónach (comparative brónchu)

  1. 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

Descendants

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.