branar

Irish

Alternative forms

branra

Etymology

From Old Irish branar (“fallow land; act of tilling, preparing (land for new crop)”), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Welsh braenar (“fallow land”). Perhaps ultimately related to *bragnos (“rotten”).^[1]

Noun

branar m (genitive singular branair)

(agriculture) broken leas, fallow

Declension

Declension of branar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	branar
vocative	a bhranair
genitive	branair
dative	branar

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an branar
genitive	an bhranair
dative	leis an mbranar don bhranar

Derived terms

branar gan chur (“blank canvas”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *branar*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
branar	bhranar	mbranar

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “branar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 branar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “branar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“branar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braenar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braenar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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