bran
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹæn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -æn
Noun edit
bran (countable and uncountable, plural brans)
- The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Welsh brân or Cornish bran?
Noun edit
bran (plural brans)
- (ornithology) The European carrion crow.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).
Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.
Noun edit
bran m (plural brini)
Inflection edit
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See also edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bran m (plural brans)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bran”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bran” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bran” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).
Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Slovene vrana.
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Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bran f
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bran f
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish bran, from Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Slovene vrana.)
Noun edit
bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- branán m (“raven; a principal piece in ancient board-game set; prince”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
bran m (genitive singular bran)
- Clipping of bran (mór) (“bran”).
- Clipping of bran beag (“pollard”).
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
bran m (genitive singular bran)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bran | bhran | mbran |
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) “bran”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bran (‘raven’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bran”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bran”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French bren, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bran
Descendants edit
References edit
- “brā̆n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Noun edit
bran oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)
- Alternative form of branc
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | bran | branL | brainL |
Vocative | brain | branL | branuH |
Accusative | branN | branL | branuH |
Genitive | brainL | bran | branN |
Dative | branL | branaib | branaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
- Irish: bran
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bran | bran pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbran |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bran”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Slovene edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Slavic *bornь. Cognate with Polish broń.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brȃn f
Inflection edit
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | brán | ||
gen. sing. | braní | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
brán | braní | braní |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
braní | braní | braní |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
bráni | branéma | braném |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
brán | braní | braní |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
bráni | branéh | branéh |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
branjó | branéma | branmí |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
bran
Further reading edit
- “bran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bran m (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
- bran gwenith (“wheat-bran”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bran | fran | mran | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English brān, from Old French bran, bren, from Gaulish brennos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bran
- bran
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:
- Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.
- There was a good pudding made of bran.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 93
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