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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish brollach (“breast, bosom, chest”). Related to Old Irish bruinne (“breast”) and brú (“belly, womb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
brollach m (genitive singular brollaigh, nominative plural brollaigh)
- breast, bosom
- Synonyms: broinne, ucht
- preface
- Synonym: réamhrá
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| brollach
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bhrollach
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mbrollach
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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
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
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