brosna

Irish

Noun

brosna m (genitive singular brosna)

1. decayed twigs, kindling
2. bundle of sticks, faggot

Declension

Declension of brosna

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brosna Vocative a bhrosna Genitive brosna Dative brosna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an brosna Genitive an bhrosna Dative leis an mbrosna don bhrosna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brosna	bhrosna	mbrosna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brosna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brosna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 91
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brosna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brosna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “brosna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024