brúnn

See also: brunn, Brunn, and Brünn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prutn/
• Rhymes: -utn

Adjective

brúnn (comparative brúnni, superlative brúnastur)

1. brown

Declension

Positive forms of brúnn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	brúnn	brún	brúnt
	accusative	brúnan	brúna
	dative	brúnum	brúnni	brúnu
	genitive	brúns	brúnnar	brúns
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	brúnir	brúnar	brún
	accusative	brúna
	dative	brúnum
	genitive	brúnna
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	brúni	brúna	brúna
	acc/dat/gen	brúna	brúnu
	plural (all-case)	brúnu

Comparative forms of brúnn

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	brúnni	brúnni	brúnna
	plural (all-case)	brúnni

Superlative forms of brúnn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	brúnastur	brúnust	brúnast
	accusative	brúnastan	brúnasta
	dative	brúnustum	brúnastri	brúnustu
	genitive	brúnasts	brúnastrar	brúnasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	brúnastir	brúnastar	brúnust
	accusative	brúnasta
	dative	brúnustum
	genitive	brúnastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	brúnasti	brúnasta	brúnasta
	acc/dat/gen	brúnasta	brúnustu
	plural (all-case)	brúnustu

Related terms

• brúna
• brúnka

See also

Colors in Icelandic · litir (layout · text)

hvítur; mjallhvítur	grár	svartur
rauður; fagurrauður, djúprauður	appelsínugulur, gulrauður, órans (dated); brúnn, dökkbrúnn; fölvi, mórauður	gulur; rjómagulur
gulgrænn, mosagrænn	grænn
blágrænn; grænblár	heiðblár, fagurblár, himinblár, safírblár	blár
fjólublár; dimmfjólublár, indígóblár	blárauður; rauðfjólublár (fjólublár), purpuralitur	bleikur

Irish

Alternative forms

• brúghann (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠuːn̪ˠ/

Verb

brúnn

1. present analytic of brúigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of brúnn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brúnn	bhrúnn	mbrúnn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“grey, brown”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /bruːnː/

Adjective

brúnn

1. brown
2. (of polished metal) bright

Declension

Strong declension of brúnn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnn	brún	brúnt
accusative	brúnan	brúna	brúnt
dative	brúnum	brúnni	brúnu
genitive	brúns	brúnnar	brúns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnir	brúnar	brún
accusative	brúna	brúnar	brún
dative	brúnum	brúnum	brúnum
genitive	brúnna	brúnna	brúnna

Weak declension of brúnn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúni	brúna	brúna
accusative	brúna	brúnu	brúna
dative	brúna	brúnu	brúna
genitive	brúna	brúnu	brúna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnu	brúnu	brúnu
accusative	brúnu	brúnu	brúnu
dative	brúnum	brúnum	brúnum
genitive	brúnu	brúnu	brúnu

Derived terms

• brúnaðr (“dark-coloured; grey”)
• brúnmóálóttr (“of mouse-grey colour with a black stripe down the back (of a horse)”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: brúnn
• Faroese: brúnur
• Norn: brun
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brun, (dialectal) brun’u, brun’e, bron
• Jamtish: brún
• Elfdalian: braungen
• Old Swedish: brūn
  • Swedish: brun
    • → Elfdalian: brun
    • → Estonian: pruun
• Old Danish: brūn
  • Danish: brun
    • Norwegian Bokmål: brun
• Gutnish: bräunar
• Scanian: brúner

Noun

brúnn m (genitive brúns, plural brúnar)

1. a black horse

Declension

Declension of brúnn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brúnn	brúnninn	brúnar	brúnarnir
accusative	brún	brúninn	brúna	brúnana
dative	brúni	brúninum	brúnum	brúnunum
genitive	brúns	brúnsins	brúna	brúnanna

See also

Colors in Old Norse · litir (layout · text)

hvítr	grár, hǫss	svartr
rauðr; rauðgulr	brúnn, jarpr	gulr
	grœnn
		blár
víolat

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “brúnn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 74; also available at the Internet Archive