braon

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”).

Pronunciation

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, nominative plural braonta or braonacha)

  1. a drop (small mass of liquid)
  2. gathering, pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Declension
Declension of braon

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative braon braonta
Vocative a bhraoin a bhraonta
Genitive braoin braonta
Dative braon braonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an braon na braonta
Genitive an bhraoin na mbraonta
Dative leis an mbraon

don bhraon

 leis na braonta
  • Alternative plural: braonacha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • braonach (“dripping; misty, wet; tearful”, adjective)
  • braonaíl f (“dripping, drops; guttation”)
  • braonán m (“droplet”)
  • braonsamhail (den núicléas) f (“liquid-drop model (of the nucleus)”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
braon bhraon mbraon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "braon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 bráen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”).

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, plural braoin)

  1. drop (of liquid)
  2. drizzle
  3. rain
  4. shower
  5. dew

Synonyms

Verb

braon

  1. drop
  2. distil
  3. drizzle

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
braonbhraon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 bráen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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