bran

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See also: Bran, braň, brán, brân, and brån

English

Etymology

wheat bran (1)
(2)

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

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  • Rhymes: -æn

Noun

bran (countable and uncountable, plural brans)

  1. 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.
  2. (ornithology) The European carrion crow.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

Noun

bran m (plural brini)

  1. crow, raven

Inflection

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  Mutation of bran  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular bran vran unchanged pran
plural brini vrini unchanged prini

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.

Pronunciation

Noun

bran m (plural brans)

  1. broadsword

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

Pronunciation

Noun

bran m (plural brini or briny)

  1. crow

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

bran f

  1. genitive plural of brána

Noun

bran f

  1. genitive plural of brány

Irish

Etymology 1

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).

Noun

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

  1. (literary) raven
    Synonym: fiach
Declension
Declension of bran

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bran brain
Vocative a bhrain a bhrana
Genitive brain bran
Dative bran brain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bran na brain
Genitive an bhrain na mbran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

leis na brain

Derived terms
  • branán m (“raven; a principal piece in ancient board-game set; prince”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

  1. bream (Abramis brama)
    Synonyms: bréan, deargán
Declension
Declension of bran

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bran brain
Vocative a bhrain a bhrana
Genitive brain bran
Dative bran brain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bran na brain
Genitive an bhrain na mbran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

leis na brain

Etymology 3

Noun

bran m (genitive singular bran)

  1. Clipping of bran (mór) (“bran”).
  2. Clipping of bran beag (“pollard”).
Declension
Declension of bran

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bran
Vocative a bhran
Genitive bran
Dative bran

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bran
Genitive an bhran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

Etymology 4

From English bran.

Noun

bran m (genitive singular bran)

  1. bran
Declension
Declension of bran

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bran
Vocative a bhran
Genitive bran
Dative bran

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bran
Genitive an bhran
Dative leis an mbran

don bhran

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bren, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bran/, /brɛn/, /braːn/

Noun

bran

  1. The ground husk of wheat

Descendants

  • English: bran
  • Yola: bran

References

Old French

Noun

bran oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)

  1. Alternative form of branc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).

Pronunciation

Noun

bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)

  1. raven
    Synonyms: fiach, trogan

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bornь. Cognate with Polish broń.

Pronunciation

Noun

brȃn f

  1. defense
Inflection
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Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bran

  1. genitive dual/plural of brana

Further reading

  • “bran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English bran.

Noun

bran m (uncountable)

  1. bran (broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain), husks

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

  • 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

Etymology

From Middle English bran, from Old French bran, bren, from Gaulish brennos.

Noun

bran

  1. bran
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.
      There was a good pudding made of bran.

References

  • 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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