brónach

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See also: bronach, brònach, and Brónach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brónach. By surface analysis, brón (“sorrow”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sad, sorrowful
    Synonyms: aiféalach, buartha

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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of brónach
radical lenition eclipsis
brónach bhrónach mbrónach

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From brón +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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 brónach donintarrái" glosses refectus est spiritus eius
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brónach brónach brónach
Vocative brónaig*
brónach**
Accusative brónach brónaig
Genitive brónaig brónaige brónaig
Dative brónuch brónaig brónuch
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative brónaig brónacha
Vocative brónachu
brónacha†
Accusative brónachu
brónacha†
Genitive brónach
Dative brónachaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

  • Irish: brónach
  • Scottish Gaelic: brònach

Mutation

Mutation of brónach
radical lenition nasalization
brónach brónach
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbrónach

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

Further reading

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