brobh

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔvˠ/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔw/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠow/

Noun

brobh m (genitive singular broibh, nominative plural broibh or brobhanna)

blade (narrow leaf of a grass or grain)
brobh luachra ― a (single) rush

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of brobh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brobh	broibh
Vocative	a bhroibh	a bhrobha
Genitive	broibh	brobh
Dative	brobh	broibh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an brobh	na broibh
Genitive	an bhroibh	na mbrobh
Dative	leis an mbrobh don bhrobh	leis na broibh

Strong plural:

Declension of brobh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brobh	brobhanna
Vocative	a bhroibh	a bhrobhanna
Genitive	broibh	brobhanna
Dative	brobh	brobhanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an brobh	na brobhanna
Genitive	an bhroibh	na mbrobhanna
Dative	leis an mbrobh don bhrobh	leis na brobhanna

Derived terms

tiomsaíonn brobh beart is líontar sac le póiríní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brobh	bhrobh	mbrobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“brobh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
“brobh” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 89.
"brobh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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