brachán

Irish

Alternative forms

• brochán, brothchán

Etymology

From Old Irish brothchán (“broth, pottage, soup, gruel”), from brothach (“boiling, hot”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠəˈxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠaxɑːnˠ/, /ˈbˠɾˠaxɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɾˠahanˠ/, /ˈbˠɾˠahan̪ˠ/

Noun

brachán m (genitive singular bracháin)

1. porridge, stirabout

   Synonyms: leite, praiseach

2. mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things)

Declension

Declension of brachán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative brachán vocative a bhracháin genitive bracháin dative brachán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an brachán genitive an bhracháin dative leis an mbrachán don bhrachán

Derived terms

• brachán bán
• brachán buí
• brachán coirce
• brachán lom
• brachán mine buí
• brachán mine coirce
• brachán ó aréir
• brachán plúir
• brachán réidh

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of brachán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brachán	bhrachán	mbrachán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brothchán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79