bró
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish bró, from Old Irish brao, from Proto-Celtic *brawū (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).
Declension
Standard declension:
Declension of bró
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Archaic or dialectal declension:
Declension of bró
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bró | bhró | mbró |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “bró” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 bró”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- “bró” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 89.
- "bró" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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