brònach

See also: bronach, brónach, and Brónach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brónach. By surface analysis, bròn (“grief, sadness, sorrow, mourning, affliction”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔːnəx/

Adjective

brònach (comparative brònaiche)

  1. sad, miserable, dismal, dolorous, doleful, downcast, mournful, sorrowful
    Synonyms: dubhach, gruamach

Declension

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative brònach bhrònach brònach
Vocative bhrònaich bhrònach brònach
Genitive bhrònaich bhrònaich/brònaiche brònach
Dative bhrònach bhrònaich brònach

Mutation

Mutation of brònach
radical lenition
brònach bhrònach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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