bronn

See also: brønn

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) brodn

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bronnā (compare Breton bronn, Cornish bron), from Proto-Celtic *brusnā (compare Irish broinn (womb)), from *brusū (belly) (gen. *brusnos). More at bru.

Noun

bronn f (dual diwvron or dywvron, plural bronnow)

  1. (anatomy) breast

Noun

bronn f (singulative bronnen)

  1. rushes

Mutation


Interlingue

Noun

bronn (plural bronnes)

  1. spring (of water)

Irish

Verb

bronn (present analytic bronnann, future analytic bronnfaidh, verbal noun bronnadh, past participle bronnta)

  1. (transitive) donate, bestow, gift, grant

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • bronntach (gift-giving, generous, adjective)
  • bronntanas m (present, gift; bestowal)
  • bronntóir m (giver, bestower)

Etymology 2

Noun

bronn f sg

  1. variant genitive singular of broinn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bronn bhronn mbronn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bronn f sg

  1. genitive singular of brù

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
bronnbhronn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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