brúnn

See also: brunn, Brunn, and Brünn

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prutn/
• Rhymes: -utn

Adjective

brúnn (comparative brúnni, superlative brúnastur)

1. brown

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

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

    positive (weak declension)

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	brúnu	brúnu	brúnu
genitive	brúnu	brúnu	brúnu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnni	brúnni	brúnna
accusative	brúnni	brúnni	brúnna
dative	brúnni	brúnni	brúnna
genitive	brúnni	brúnni	brúnna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnni	brúnni	brúnni
accusative	brúnni	brúnni	brúnni
dative	brúnni	brúnni	brúnni
genitive	brúnni	brúnni	brúnni

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnastur	brúnust	brúnast
accusative	brúnastan	brúnasta	brúnast
dative	brúnustum	brúnastri	brúnustu
genitive	brúnasts	brúnastrar	brúnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnastir	brúnastar	brúnust
accusative	brúnasta	brúnastar	brúnust
dative	brúnustum	brúnustum	brúnustum
genitive	brúnastra	brúnastra	brúnastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnasti	brúnasta	brúnasta
accusative	brúnasta	brúnustu	brúnasta
dative	brúnasta	brúnustu	brúnasta
genitive	brúnasta	brúnustu	brúnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brúnustu	brúnustu	brúnustu
accusative	brúnustu	brúnustu	brúnustu
dative	brúnustu	brúnustu	brúnustu
genitive	brúnustu	brúnustu	brúnustu

Related terms

• brúna
• brúnka

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Irish

Alternative forms

• brúghann (obsolete)

Verb

brúnn

1. present analytic of brúigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brúnn	bhrúnn	mbrúnn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

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: brun
• Old Swedish: brūn
  • Swedish: brun
    • → Elfdalian: brun
    • → Estonian: pruun
• Old Danish: brun, brūn
  • Danish: brun
• , ,
• Jamtish: brún
• Elfdalian: braungen
• 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

References

• brúnn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.