bró

See also: bro, Bro, bro., -bro, and бро

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bró, from Old Irish brao, from Proto-Celtic *brawū (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bró f (genitive singular bró, nominative plural brónna)

  1. quern, millstone

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of bró (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bró brónna
vocative a bhró a bhrónna
genitive bró brónna
dative bró brónna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhró na brónna
genitive na bró na mbrónna
dative leis an mbró
don bhró 		leis na brónna

Archaic or dialectal declension:

Declension of bró (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bró bróinte
vocative a bhró a bhróinte
genitive brón bróinte
dative bróin bróinte
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhró na bróinte
genitive na brón na mbróinte
dative leis an mbróin
don bhróin 		leis na bróinte

Mutation

Mutated forms of bró
radical lenition eclipsis
bró bhró mbró

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

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