braon

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Etymology

From English brown.

Adjective

braon

  1. brown

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”), of uncertain ultimate origin. MacBain rejects comparisons to fearthainn (“rain”), Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “I send rain”), Latin rigo (“I water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

Pronunciation

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

Declension of braon

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative braon braonta
Vocative a bhraoin a bhraonta
Genitive braoin braonta
Dative braon braonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an braon na braonta
Genitive an bhraoin na mbraonta
Dative leis an mbraon

don bhraon

leis na braonta

  • Alternative plural: braonacha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • braonach (“dripping; misty, wet; tearful”, adjective)
  • braonaíl f (“dripping, drops; guttation”)
  • braonán m (“droplet”)
  • braonsamhail (den núicléas) f (“liquid-drop model (of the nucleus)”)

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”), of uncertain ultimate origin. MacBain rejects comparisons to fearthainn (“rain”), Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “I send rain”), Latin rigo (“I water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

Pronunciation

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

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “braon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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