brónach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish brónach. By surface analysis, brón (“sorrow”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːnˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːnˠəx/, /ˈbˠɾˠuːnˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːnˠa(h)/
Adjective edit
brónach (genitive singular masculine brónaigh, genitive singular feminine brónaí, plural brónacha, comparative brónaí)
Declension edit
Declension of brónach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | brónach | bhrónach | brónacha; bhrónacha² | |
| Vocative | bhrónaigh | brónacha | ||
| Genitive | brónaí | brónacha | brónach | |
| Dative | brónach; bhrónach¹ |
bhrónach; bhrónaigh (archaic) |
brónacha; bhrónacha² | |
| Comparative | níos brónaí | |||
| Superlative | is brónaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brónach | bhrónach | mbrónach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “brónach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “brónach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
brónach (comparative brónchu)
- sad, sorrowful; grievous
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16b18
- "ni brónach donintarrái" glosses refectus est spiritus eius
- 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. 86d7
- bronchu glosses tristiora
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16b18
Declension edit
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | brónach | brónach | brónach |
| Vocative | brónaig* brónach** | ||
| Accusative | brónach | brónaig | |
| Genitive | brónaig | brónaige | brónaig |
| Dative | brónuch | brónaig | brónuch |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | brónaig | brónacha | |
| Vocative | brónachu brónacha† | ||
| Accusative | brónachu brónacha† | ||
| Genitive | brónach | ||
| Dative | brónachaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| brónach | brónach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbrónach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language