broidearnach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • brodarnach, brudarnach, bruidearnach

Etymology

From the root of broid (to goad, prod).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɪdʲəɾˠn̪ˠa(x)/[1]

Noun

broidearnach f (genitive singular broidearnaí)

  1. smarting, throbbing (mildly painful sensation)
  2. effervescence (escape of gas from solution in a liquid)

Declension

Declension of broidearnach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative broidearnach
vocative a bhroidearnach
genitive broidearnaí
dative broidearnach
broidearnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhroidearnach
genitive na broidearnaí
dative leis an mbroidearnach
leis an mbroidearnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bhroidearnach
don bhroidearnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of broidearnach
radical lenition eclipsis
broidearnach bhroidearnach mbroidearnach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 180, page 69

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