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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish brónach. By surface analysis, bròn (“grief, sadness, sorrow, mourning, affliction”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
brònach (comparative brònaiche)
- sad, miserable, dismal, dolorous, doleful, downcast, mournful, sorrowful
- Synonyms: dubhach, gruamach
Declension
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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