braim

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish broimm (verbal noun of braigid from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti) from Proto-Celtic *braxsman from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-. The modern verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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braim m (genitive singular brama, plural bramannan)

  1. fart

Declension

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  • In Uist, an alternate genitive plural form, bràm, is used.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
braim bhraim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “braim”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “broimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language