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braon

braon

Irish

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, nominative plural braonta or braonacha)

  1. a drop (small mass of liquid)
  2. gathering, pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Declension

  • Alternative plural: braonacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
braon bhraon mbraon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "braon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 bráen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (rain, moisture, drop(s)).

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, plural braoin)

  1. drop (of liquid)
  2. drizzle
  3. rain
  4. shower
  5. dew

Synonyms

Verb

braon

  1. drop
  2. distil
  3. drizzle

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
braon bhraon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 bráen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.