brònach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish brónach; synchronically, bròn (“grief, sadness, sorrow, mourning, affliction”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
brònach (comparative brònaiche)
Declension
Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | brònach | bhrònach | brònach |
Vocative | bhrònaich | bhrònach | brònach |
Genitive | bhrònaich | bhrònaich/brònaiche | brònach |
Dative | bhrònach | bhrònaich | brònach |
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
brònach | bhrònach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language