brúnn
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brúnn (comparative brúnni, superlative brúnastur)
Inflection edit
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | brúnni | brúnni | brúnna |
accusative | brúnni | brúnni | brúnna |
dative | brúnni | brúnni | brúnna |
genitive | brúnni | brúnni | brúnna |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | brúnni | brúnni | brúnni |
accusative | brúnni | brúnni | brúnni |
dative | brúnni | brúnni | brúnni |
genitive | brúnni | brúnni | brúnni |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | brúnastur | brúnust | brúnast |
accusative | brúnastan | brúnasta | brúnast |
dative | brúnustum | brúnastri | brúnustu |
genitive | brúnasts | brúnastrar | brúnasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | brúnastir | brúnastar | brúnust |
accusative | brúnasta | brúnastar | brúnust |
dative | brúnustum | brúnustum | brúnustum |
genitive | brúnastra | brúnastra | brúnastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | brúnasti | brúnasta | brúnasta |
accusative | brúnasta | brúnustu | brúnasta |
dative | brúnasta | brúnustu | brúnasta |
genitive | brúnasta | brúnustu | brúnasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | brúnustu | brúnustu | brúnustu |
accusative | brúnustu | brúnustu | brúnustu |
dative | brúnustu | brúnustu | brúnustu |
genitive | brúnustu | brúnustu | brúnustu |
Related terms edit
See also edit
hvítur; mjallhvítur | grár | svartur |
rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður | appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður | gulur; rjómagulur |
gulgrænn, mosagrænn | grænn | |
blágrænn; grænblár | heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár | blár |
fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár | blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur | bleikur |
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
brúnn
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brúnn | bhrúnn | mbrúnn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“grey, brown”).
Adjective edit
brúnn
Declension edit
Strong declension of brúnn
Weak declension of brúnn
Derived terms edit
- brúnaðr (“dark-coloured; grey”)
- brúnmóálóttr (“of mouse-grey colour with a black stripe down the back (of a horse)”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: brúnn
- Faroese: brúnur
- Norn: brun
- Norwegian Nynorsk: brun, (dialectal) brun’u, brun’e, bron
- Jamtish: brún
- Elfdalian: braungen
- Old Swedish: brūn
- Old Danish: brūn
- Gutnish: bräunar
- Scanian: brúner
Noun edit
brúnn m (genitive brúns, plural brúnar)
Declension edit
Declension of brúnn (strong a-stem)
See also edit
hvítr | grár, hǫss | svartr |
rauðr; rauðgulr | brúnn, jarpr | gulr |
grœnn | ||
blár | ||
víolat |
References edit
- brúnn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.