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bran

See also: Bran, braň, brán, brân, and brån

English edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

 
wheat bran

From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bran (countable and uncountable, plural brans)

  1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
A bran.

From Welsh brân or Cornish bran?

Noun edit

bran (plural brans)

  1. (ornithology) The European carrion crow.

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Breton edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

Noun edit

bran m (plural brini)

  1. crow, raven

Inflection edit

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  Mutation of bran  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bran vran unchanged pran
plural brini vrini unchanged prini

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bran m (plural brans)

  1. broadsword

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Further reading edit

Cornish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Slovene vrana.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bran m (plural brini or briny)

  1. crow

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

bran f

  1. genitive plural of brána

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

bran f

  1. genitive plural of brány

Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish bran, from Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Slovene vrana.)

Noun edit

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

  1. (literary) raven
    Synonym: fiach
Declension edit
Declension of bran

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bran brain
Vocative a bhrain a bhrana
Genitive brain bran
Dative bran brain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bran na brain
Genitive an bhrain na mbran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

leis na brain

Derived terms edit
  • branán m (“raven; a principal piece in ancient board-game set; prince”)

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

  1. bream (Abramis brama)
    Synonyms: bréan, deargán
Declension edit
Declension of bran

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bran brain
Vocative a bhrain a bhrana
Genitive brain bran
Dative bran brain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bran na brain
Genitive an bhrain na mbran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

leis na brain

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

bran m (genitive singular bran)

  1. Clipping of bran (mór) (“bran”).
  2. Clipping of bran beag (“pollard”).
Declension edit
Declension of bran

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bran
Vocative a bhran
Genitive bran
Dative bran

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bran
Genitive an bhran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

Etymology 4 edit

From English bran.

Noun edit

bran m (genitive singular bran)

  1. bran
Declension edit
Declension of bran

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bran
Vocative a bhran
Genitive bran
Dative bran

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bran
Genitive an bhran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bran bhran mbran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French bren, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bran/, /brɛn/, /braːn/

Noun edit

bran

  1. The ground husk of wheat

Descendants edit

  • English: bran
  • Yola: bran

References edit

Old French edit

Noun edit

bran oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)

  1. Alternative form of branc

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)

  1. raven
    Synonyms: fiach, trogan

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bran branL brainL
Vocative brain branL branuH
Accusative branN branL branuH
Genitive brainL bran branN
Dative branL branaib branaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bran bran
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Slovene edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *bornь. Cognate with Polish broń.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

brȃn f

  1. defense
Inflection edit
 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. brán
gen. sing. braní
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		brán braní braní
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		braní braní braní
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		bráni branéma braném
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		brán braní braní
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		bráni branéh branéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		branjó branéma branmí

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

bran

  1. genitive dual/plural of brana

Further reading edit

  • “bran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bran.

Noun edit

bran m (uncountable)

  1. bran (broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain), husks

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bran fran mran unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English brān, from Old French bran, bren, from Gaulish brennos.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bran

  1. bran
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:
      Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.
      There was a good pudding made of bran.

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 93
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