Irish
Etymology
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Noun
brocamas m (genitive singular brocamais)
- refuse
- dirt, filth
- Synonym: salachar
- foulness, impurity
Declension
Declension of brocamas (first declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
- brocamas cainte (“vulgar, nonsensical, loutish talk”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of brocamas
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lenition
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eclipsis
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bhrocamas
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mbrocamas
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brocamas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brocamas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “brocamas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025