From Old Irish brónach. By surface analysis, brón (“sorrow”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
brónach (genitive singular masculine brónaigh, genitive singular feminine brónaí, plural brónacha, comparative brónaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | brónach | bhrónach | brónacha; bhrónacha² | |
Vocative | bhrónaigh | brónacha | ||
Genitive | brónaí | brónacha | brónach | |
Dative | brónach; bhrónach¹ |
bhrónach; bhrónaigh (archaic) |
brónacha; bhrónacha² | |
Comparative | níos brónaí | |||
Superlative | is brónaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brónach | bhrónach | mbrónach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
brónach (comparative brónchu)
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | brónach | brónach | brónach |
Vocative | brónaig* brónach** | ||
Accusative | brónach | brónaig | |
Genitive | brónaig | brónaige | brónaig |
Dative | brónuch | brónaig | brónuch |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | brónaig | brónacha | |
Vocative | brónachu brónacha† | ||
Accusative | brónachu brónacha† | ||
Genitive | brónach | ||
Dative | brónachaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
brónach | brónach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbrónach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |