bró

See also: bro, Bro, bro., and -bro

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bró, from Old Irish brao, from Proto-Celtic *brawū (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔː/

Noun

bró f (genitive singular bró, nominative plural brónna)

1. quern, millstone

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of bró

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bró brónna Vocative a bhró a bhrónna Genitive bró brónna Dative bró brónna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhró na brónna Genitive na bró na mbrónna Dative leis an mbró don bhró leis na brónna

Archaic or dialectal declension:

Declension of bró

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bró bróinte Vocative a bhró a bhróinte Genitive brón bróinte Dative bróin bróinte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhró na bróinte Genitive na brón na mbróinte Dative leis an mbróin don bhróin leis na bróinte

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bró	bhró	mbró
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bró”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bró”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bró”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN