See also: bronach, brónach, and Brónach

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brónach. By surface analysis, bròn (grief, sadness, sorrow, mourning, affliction) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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brònach (comparative brònaiche)

  1. sad, miserable, dismal, dolorous, doleful, downcast, mournful, sorrowful
    Synonyms: dubhach, gruamach

Declension

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Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative brònach bhrònach brònach
Vocative bhrònaich bhrònach brònach
Genitive bhrònaich bhrònaich/brònaiche brònach
Dative bhrònach bhrònaich brònach

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
brònach bhrònach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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