brachán
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish brothchán (“broth, pottage, soup, gruel”), from brothach (“boiling, hot”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠaxɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠɾˠaxɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠahanˠ/, /ˈbˠɾˠahan̪ˠ/[1]
Noun
editbrachán m (genitive singular bracháin)
Declension
editDeclension of brachán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brachán | bhrachán | mbrachán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brothchán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79