braon

Bislama

Etymology

From English brown.

Adjective

braon

1. brown

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”), of uncertain ultimate origin. MacBain rejects comparisons to fearthainn (“rain”), Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “I send rain”), Latin rigo (“I water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠeːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠiːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠiːnˠ/, (older) /bˠɾˠɯːnˠ/

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, nominative plural braonta or braonacha)

1. a drop (small mass of liquid)
2. gathering, pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Declension

Declension of braon (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative braon braonta vocative a bhraoin a bhraonta genitive braoin braonta dative braon braonta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an braon na braonta genitive an bhraoin na mbraonta dative leis an mbraon don bhraon leis na braonta

• Alternative plural: braonacha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

• (pus): angadh

Derived terms

• braoinín m (“drop, wee dram”)
• braonach (“dripping; misty, wet; tearful”, adjective)
• braonaíl f (“dripping, drops; guttation”)
• braonán m (“droplet”)
• braonsamhail (den núicléas) f (“liquid-drop model (of the nucleus)”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of braon

radical	lenition	eclipsis
braon	bhraon	mbraon

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “braon”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”), of uncertain ultimate origin. MacBain rejects comparisons to fearthainn (“rain”), Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “I send rain”), Latin rigo (“I water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾɯːn/

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, plural braoin)

1. drop (of liquid)
2. drizzle
3. rain
4. shower
5. dew

Synonyms

• boinne

Verb

braon

1. drop
2. distil
3. drizzle

Mutation

Mutation of braon

radical	lenition
braon	bhraon

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “braon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

braon (Cyrillic spelling браон)

1. (Serbia, Montenegro) brown

   Synonyms: (Croatia, Bosnia) smȅđ, mȑk

See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)

bijel / бијел, beo / бео	siv / сив, sinji / сињи	crn / црн
crven / црвен, rumen / румен	narandžast / наранџаст, narančast / наранчаст; smeđ / смеђ, braon / браон	žut / жут; žut / жут
zelen / зелен	zelen / зелен
tirkizan / тиркизан, cijan / цијан; tirkizan / тиркизан	plav / плав	modar / модар
ljubičast / љубичаст; modar / модар, indigo / индиго	ljubičast / љубичаст, magenta / магента; ljubičast / љубичаст	ružičast / ружичаст, roza / роза