brocais

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish broclas (brock-hole), probably from brocc (badger, brock) (modern broc) + clas (ditch, trench, furrow; pit).

Noun

brocais f (genitive singular brocaise, nominative plural brocaisí)

  1. den
  2. pigsty (dirty, smelly, place)
  3. dirty-faced person

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brocais bhrocais mbrocais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "brocais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • broclas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Verb

brocais

  1. second-person plural present indicative of brocar
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