bronn

See also: brønn

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) brodn

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *bronnā (compare Breton bronn, Welsh bron), from Proto-Celtic *brusnā (compare Irish broinn (womb)), from *brusū (belly) (gen. *brusnos). More at bru.

Pronunciation

Noun

bronn f (dual diwvron, plural bronnow)

  1. (anatomy) breast

Noun

bronn f (plural bronnow)

  1. hill

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

brònn m (singulative brònnen)

  1. (collective) rushes

Mutation

Mutation of bronn
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bronn vronn unchanged pronn fronn vronn

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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɑun̪ˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠoːn/, /bˠɾˠuːn/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠʌn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bronnaid (to bestow, give),[2] probably etymologically the same as bronnaid (to injure, spoil),[3] from Proto-Celtic *brusnati.[4]

Alternative forms

Verb

bronn (present analytic bronnann, future analytic bronnfaidh, verbal noun bronnadh, past participle bronnta)

  1. (transitive) donate, bestow, gift, grant
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • bronntach (gift-giving, generous, adjective)
  • bronntanas m (present, gift; bestowal)
  • bronntóir m (giver, bestower)

Etymology 2

Noun

bronn f sg

  1. variant genitive singular of broinn

Mutation

Mutated forms of bronn
radical lenition eclipsis
bronn bhronn mbronn

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 51
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bronnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bronnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 478

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bronn f sg

  1. genitive singular of brù

Mutation

Mutation of bronn
radical lenition
bronn bhronn

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