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Bislama
Etymology
From English brown.
Adjective
braon
- 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)
- a drop (small mass of liquid)
- gathering, pus (fluid found in regions of infection)
Declension
- Alternative plural: braonacha (Cois Fharraige)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| braon
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bhraon
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mbraon
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “braon”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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)
- drop (of liquid)
- drizzle
- rain
- shower
- dew
Synonyms
Verb
braon
- drop
- distil
- drizzle
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “braon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
braon (Cyrillic spelling браон)
- (Serbia, Montenegro) brown
- Synonyms: (Croatia, Bosnia) smȅđ, mȑk
See also