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Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *brombākos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ- (“young animal”); compare Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos, “fetus, baby”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę, “foal”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bromach m (genitive singular bromaigh, nominative plural bromaigh)
- colt
- Proverb: Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach capall cumasach. ― Many a ragged colt made a noble horse.
- Synonyms: bromachán, bromaistín
- (figuratively)
- strong rough man
- Synonym: bromach d'fhear
- big strong youth
- Synonym: bromach de ghasúr
- rude person, boor
- Synonyms: amhas, bodach, bromach de dhuine, búr, garbhán, túitín, tútachán
Declension
Mutation
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bromach
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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) “bromach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bromach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bromaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 90
- “colt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bromach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm