pronn

Cornish

Noun

pronn

  1. hard mutation of bronn

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /pˠɾˠʌn̪ˠ/

Verb

pronn (present analytic pronnann, future analytic pronnfaidh, verbal noun pronnadh, past participle pronnta)

  1. Ulster form of bronn (to donate, bestow)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of pronn
radical lenition eclipsis
pronn phronn bpronn

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bronnaid (to injure, spoil),[1] from Proto-Celtic *brusnati.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɾɔun̪ˠ/

Verb

pronn (past phronn, future pronnaidh, verbal noun pronnadh, past participle pronnte)

  1. batter, mash, pound, pulverize, crush, grind, hash
  2. maul, bash

Adjective

pronn (genitive singular masculine pruinn, genitive singular feminine pruinne, nominative plural pronna, comparative pruinne)

  1. mashed, scrambled, ground, frangible

Declension

Declension of pronn (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative pronn phronn pronna
genitive phruinn pruinne pronna
dative pronn phruinn pronna
vocative phruinn phronn pronna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of pronn
radical lenition
pronn phronn

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bronnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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