bruíon

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bruiden (hostel, large banqueting hall).[4]

Alternative forms

Noun

bruíon f (genitive singular bruíne, nominative plural bruíonta)

  1. (literary) hostel
  2. (folklore) a fairy palace
Declension
Declension of bruíon (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bruíon bruíonta
vocative a bhruíon a bhruíonta
genitive bruíne bruíonta
dative bruíon
bruín (archaic, dialectal)
bruíonta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhruíon na bruíonta
genitive na bruíne na mbruíonta
dative leis an mbruíon
leis an mbruín (archaic, dialectal)
don bhruíon
don bhruín (archaic, dialectal)
leis na bruíonta

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish bruiden, bruigen (fight, contest, quarrel), possibly originally a sense of etymology 1.[5]

Alternative forms

Noun

bruíon f (genitive singular bruíne, nominative plural bruíonta)

  1. verbal noun of bruíon
  2. quarrel, strife
Declension
Declension of bruíon (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bruíon bruíonta
vocative a bhruíon a bhruíonta
genitive bruíne bruíonta
dative bruíon
bruín (archaic, dialectal)
bruíonta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhruíon na bruíonta
genitive na bruíne na mbruíonta
dative leis an mbruíon
leis an mbruín (archaic, dialectal)
don bhruíon
don bhruín (archaic, dialectal)
leis na bruíonta

Verb

bruíon (present analytic bruíonann, future analytic bruíonfaidh, verbal noun bruíon, past participle bruíonta)

  1. (intransitive) to fight, quarrel
Conjugation
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruíon
radical lenition eclipsis
bruíon bhruíon mbruíon

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 793, page 450
  2. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 27
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 475, page 151
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bruiden”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bruiden”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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