brobh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠow/, [bˠɾˠow̥]

Noun

brobh m (genitive singular broibh, nominative plural broibh or brobhanna)

1. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or grain)

   brobh luachra ― a (single) rush

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of brobh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative brobh broibh Vocative a bhroibh a bhrobha Genitive broibh brobh Dative brobh broibh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an brobh na broibh Genitive an bhroibh na mbrobh Dative leis an mbrobh don bhrobh leis na broibh

Strong plural:

Declension of brobh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative brobh brobhanna Vocative a bhroibh a bhrobhanna Genitive broibh brobhanna Dative brobh brobhanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an brobh na brobhanna Genitive an bhroibh na mbrobhanna Dative leis an mbrobh don bhrobh leis na brobhanna

Derived terms

• bailíonn brobh beart

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brobh	bhrobh	mbrobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “brobh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brobh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN