brónach

See also: bronach, brònach, and Brónach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brónach.[1] By surface analysis, brón (sorrow) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːn̪ˠəx/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠoːnˠa(x)/ ~ /ˈbˠɾˠuːnˠa(x)/[3], /ˈbˠɾˠoːn̪ˠa(x)/[4]

Adjective

brónach (genitive singular masculine brónaigh, genitive singular feminine brónaí, plural brónacha, comparative brónaí)

  1. sad, sorrowful

Declension

Declension of brónach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative brónach bhrónach brónacha;
bhrónacha2
vocative bhrónaigh brónacha
genitive brónaí brónacha brónach
dative brónach;
bhrónach1
bhrónach;
bhrónaigh (archaic)
brónacha;
bhrónacha2
Comparative níos brónaí
Superlative is brónaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of brónach
radical lenition eclipsis
brónach bhrónach mbrónach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133
  3. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922) The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 539.1, page 177
  4. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 237

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From brón +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbroːnax]

Adjective

brónach (comparative brónchu)

  1. sad, sorrowful; grievous

Declension

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative brónach brónach brónach
vocative brónaig*
brónach**
accusative brónach brónaig
genitive brónaig brónaige brónaig
dative brónuch brónaig brónuch
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative brónaig brónacha
vocative brónachu
brónacha
accusative brónachu
brónacha
genitive brónach
dative brónachaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Quotations

  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16b18
    brónach do·n-intarrái
    not sorrowful has he returned
  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 86d7
    brónchu [translating trīstiōra]
    sadder

Descendants

  • Irish: brónach
  • Scottish Gaelic: brònach

Mutation

Mutation of brónach
radical lenition nasalization
brónach brónach
pronounced with /β-/
mbrónach

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

Further reading