brocamas

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brocamas m (genitive singular brocamais)

1. refuse
2. dirt, filth

   Synonym: salachar

3. foulness, impurity

Declension

Declension of brocamas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brocamas Vocative a bhrocamais Genitive brocamais Dative brocamas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an brocamas Genitive an bhrocamais Dative leis an mbrocamas don bhrocamas

Derived terms

• brocamas cainte (“vulgar, nonsensical, loutish talk”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brocamas	bhrocamas	mbrocamas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brocamas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brocamas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “brocamas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024