broim

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish broimm (verbal noun of Old Irish braigid from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti) from Proto-Celtic *braxsman from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.[2] The modern verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

broim m (genitive singular broma, nominative plural bromanna)

  1. fart
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56:
      rińə šē bŕīm mōr.
      [Rinne sé broim mór.]
      He let out a big fart.
      (literally, “He made a big fart.”)

Declension

Declension of broim (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative broim bromanna
vocative a bhroim a bhromanna
genitive broma bromanna
dative broim bromanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an broim na bromanna
genitive an bhroma na mbromanna
dative leis an mbroim
don bhroim 		leis na bromanna

Derived terms

Verb

broim (present analytic bromann, future analytic bromfaidh, verbal noun bromadh, past participle bromtha)

  1. to fart

Conjugation

conjugation of broim (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun bromadh
past participle bromtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present bromaim bromann tú;
bromair† 		bromann sé, sí bromaimid bromann sibh bromann siad;
bromaid† 		a bhromann; a bhromas /
a mbromann* 		bromtar
past bhroim mé; bhromas bhroim tú; bhromais bhroim sé, sí bhromamar; bhroim muid bhroim sibh; bhromabhair bhroim siad; bhromadar a bhroim /
ar bhroim* 		bromadh
past habitual bhromainn / mbromainn‡‡ bhromtá / mbromtᇇ bhromadh sé, sí / mbromadh sé, s퇇 bhromaimis; bhromadh muid / mbromaimis‡‡; mbromadh muid‡‡ bhromadh sibh / mbromadh sibh‡‡ bhromaidís; bhromadh siad / mbromaidís‡‡; mbromadh siad‡‡ a bhromadh /
a mbromadh* 		bhromtaí / mbromta퇇
future bromfaidh mé;
bromfad 		bromfaidh tú;
bromfair† 		bromfaidh sé, sí bromfaimid;
bromfaidh muid 		bromfaidh sibh bromfaidh siad;
bromfaid† 		a bhromfaidh; a bhromfas /
a mbromfaidh* 		bromfar
conditional bhromfainn / mbromfainn‡‡ bhromfá / mbromfᇇ bhromfadh sé, sí / mbromfadh sé, s퇇 bhromfaimis; bhromfadh muid / mbromfaimis‡‡; mbromfadh muid‡‡ bhromfadh sibh / mbromfadh sibh‡‡ bhromfaidís; bhromfadh siad / mbromfaidís‡‡; mbromfadh siad‡‡ a bhromfadh /
a mbromfadh* 		bhromfaí / mbromfa퇇
subjunctive
present go mbroma mé;
go mbromad† 		go mbroma tú;
go mbromair† 		go mbroma sé, sí go mbromaimid;
go mbroma muid 		go mbroma sibh go mbroma siad;
go mbromaid† 		— go mbromtar
past dá mbromainn dá mbromtá dá mbromadh sé, sí dá mbromaimis;
dá mbromadh muid 		dá mbromadh sibh dá mbromaidís;
dá mbromadh siad 		— dá mbromtaí
imperative
– bromaim broim bromadh sé, sí bromaimis bromaigí;
bromaidh† 		bromaidís — bromtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of broim
radical lenition eclipsis
broim bhroim mbroim

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

References

  1. ^ “broim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “broimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

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