broid

English

Verb

broid (third-person singular simple present broids, present participle broiding, simple past and past participle broided)

1. Obsolete form of braid.
   • 1611, 1 Timothy, King James Bible:

     In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “broid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• birdo, borid

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brat, broit f (“act of plundering, robbing; spoil, plunder, robbery; captive(s) as spoil; captivity, bondage; affliction, hardship”).

Noun

broid f (genitive singular broide)

1. (literary) captive; (collective) captives
2. captivity, bondage
3. distress
4. misery, suspense
5. press, hurry

Declension

Declension of broid

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative broid Vocative a bhroid Genitive broide Dative broid

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhroid Genitive na broide Dative leis an mbroid don bhroid

Etymology 2

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

Noun

broid f (genitive singular broide, nominative plural broideanna)

1. sting-fish

Declension

Declension of broid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative broid broideanna Vocative a bhroid a bhroideanna Genitive broide broideanna Dative broid broideanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhroid na broideanna Genitive na broide na mbroideanna Dative leis an mbroid don bhroid leis na broideanna

Alternative forms

• brod f

Etymology 3

From Old Irish bruitid (“goads, pricks”, verb), from brot m (“goad; spike”)

Verb

broid (present analytic broideann, future analytic broidfidh, verbal noun broideadh, past participle broidte)

1. (transitive) goad, prod
2. (transitive) nudge

Conjugation

conjugation of broid (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	broidim	broideann tú; broidir†	broideann sé, sí	broidimid	broideann sibh	broideann siad; broidid†	a bhroideann; a bhroideas / a mbroideann*; a mbroideas*	broidtear
	past	bhroid mé; bhroideas	bhroid tú; bhroidis	bhroid sé, sí	bhroideamar; bhroid muid	bhroid sibh; bhroideabhair	bhroid siad; bhroideadar	a bhroid / ar bhroid*	broideadh
	past habitual	bhroidinn / mbroidinn‡‡	bhroidteá / mbroidteᇇ	bhroideadh sé, sí / mbroideadh sé, s퇇	bhroidimis; bhroideadh muid / mbroidimis‡‡; mbroideadh muid‡‡	bhroideadh sibh / mbroideadh sibh‡‡	bhroididís; bhroideadh siad / mbroididís‡‡; mbroideadh siad‡‡	a bhroideadh / a mbroideadh*	bhroidtí / mbroidt퇇
future		broidfidh mé; broidfead	broidfidh tú; broidfir†	broidfidh sé, sí	broidfimid; broidfidh muid	broidfidh sibh	broidfidh siad; broidfid†	a bhroidfidh; a bhroidfeas / a mbroidfidh*; a mbroidfeas*	broidfear
conditional		bhroidfinn / mbroidfinn‡‡	bhroidfeá / mbroidfeᇇ	bhroidfeadh sé, sí / mbroidfeadh sé, s퇇	bhroidfimis; bhroidfeadh muid / mbroidfimis‡‡; mbroidfeadh muid‡‡	bhroidfeadh sibh / mbroidfeadh sibh‡‡	bhroidfidís; bhroidfeadh siad / mbroidfidís‡‡; mbroidfeadh siad‡‡	a bhroidfeadh / a mbroidfeadh*	bhroidfí / mbroidf퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbroide mé; go mbroidead†	go mbroide tú; go mbroidir†	go mbroide sé, sí	go mbroidimid; go mbroide muid	go mbroide sibh	go mbroide siad; go mbroidid†	—	go mbroidtear
	past	dá mbroidinn	dá mbroidteá	dá mbroideadh sé, sí	dá mbroidimis; dá mbroideadh muid	dá mbroideadh sibh	dá mbroididís; dá mbroideadh siad	—	dá mbroidtí
imperative		broidim	broid	broideadh sé, sí	broidimis	broidigí; broididh†	broididís	—	broidtear
verbal noun		broideadh
past participle		broidte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 4

Noun

broid m

1. vocative singular of brod (“goad”)
2. genitive singular of brod
3. nominative plural of brod
4. dative plural of brod

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
broid	bhroid	mbroid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “broid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bruitid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language