Irish
- brád, brádar, brádarnach, brádarsach
Etymology
From brád + -án.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɑːˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɑːd̪ˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠɾˠɑːd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠaːd̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈbˠɾˠaːd̪ˠan̪ˠ/
Noun
brádán m (genitive singular brádáin)
- drizzle (light rain)
- Synonym: ceobhrán
Declension
Declension of brádán (first declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of brádán
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lenition
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eclipsis
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bhrádán
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mbrádán
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brádarnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brádán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN