brachán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish brothchán (“broth, pottage, soup, gruel”), from brothach (“boiling, hot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

brachán m (genitive singular bracháin)

  1. porridge, stirabout
    Synonyms: leite, praiseach
  2. mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things)

Declension

Declension of brachán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative brachán
vocative a bhracháin
genitive bracháin
dative brachán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an brachán
genitive an bhracháin
dative leis an mbrachán
don bhrachán

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of brachán
radical lenition eclipsis
brachán bhrachán mbrachán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

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