breun

Norman

Alternative forms

• brun (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”).

Adjective

breun m

1. (Guernsey, Cotentin) brown

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• brèan

Etymology

From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”).

Adjective

breun (comparative brèine)

1. stinking, fetid, putrid
2. filthy, loathsome, nasty, corrupt
3. bold, indelicate (as a female)
4. of a turbulent, boisterous disposition
5. clumsy
6. beastly, brutal

Verb

breun (past bhreun, future breunaidh, verbal noun breunad, past participle breunte)

1. become corrupt
2. stink

Noun

breun f

1. stench
2. corruption

Related terms

• bainne breun m (“soured milk”)
• breun-bhith f
• breun-chrann m
• breun-fheòcullan m (“foumart, fulimart”)
• breun-ladhrach (“rotten- or stinking-toed”)
• breun-ubhal m (“prickly buckthorn”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “breun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language