brobh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠow/, [bˠɾˠow̥]

Noun

brobh m (genitive singular broibh, nominative plural broibh or brobhanna)

1. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or grain)

   brobh luachra ― a (single) rush

Declension

Weak plural:

Declension of brobh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brobh broibh vocative a bhroibh a bhrobha genitive broibh brobh dative brobh broibh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brobh na broibh genitive an bhroibh na mbrobh dative leis an mbrobh don bhrobh leis na broibh

Strong plural:

Declension of brobh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brobh brobhanna vocative a bhroibh a bhrobhanna genitive broibh brobhanna dative brobh brobhanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brobh na brobhanna genitive an bhroibh na mbrobhanna dative leis an mbrobh don bhrobh leis na brobhanna

Derived terms

• bailíonn brobh beart

Mutation

Mutated forms of brobh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brobh	bhrobh	mbrobh

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

Further reading

• “brobh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brobh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN