Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish bruiden (hostel, large banqueting hall).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

bruíon f (genitive singular bruíne, nominative plural bruíonta)

  1. (literary) hostel
  2. (folklore) a fairy palace
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Irish bruiden, bruigean (fight, contest, quarrel), possibly originally a sense of Etymology 1.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

bruíon f (genitive singular bruíne, nominative plural bruíonta)

  1. verbal noun of bruíon
  2. quarrel, strife
Declension edit

Verb edit

bruíon (present analytic bruíonann, future analytic bruíonfaidh, verbal noun bruíon, past participle bruíonta)

  1. (intransitive) fight, quarrel
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
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Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bruíon bhruíon mbruíon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit