Old Irish edit

Noun edit

bróen m

  1. rain
    Synonym: flechud
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89c15
      .i. bieid rath somailse fora belru ⁊ áilgine amal bróin n-ailgen sniges hi cnai.
      There will be the grace of sweetness on his speech, and gentleness like gentle rain that drops into a fleece.

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bróen bróenL broínL
Vocative broín bróenL bróenuH
Accusative bróenN bróenL bróenuH
Genitive broínL bróen bróenN
Dative bróenL bróenaib bróenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: bráen

Further reading edit