broim

Irish

Alternative forms

• braim, bram, breim, brim

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaimʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲiːmʲ/ (corresponding to the forms breim and brim)
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠiːmʲ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɪmʲ/

Noun

broim m (genitive singular broma, nominative plural bromanna)

1. fart
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56:

     rińə šē bŕīm mōr.

     [Rinne sé broim mór.]

     He let out a big fart.

     (literally, “He made a big fart.”)

Declension

Declension of broim

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative broim bromanna Vocative a bhroim a bhromanna Genitive broma bromanna Dative broim bromanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an broim na bromanna Genitive an bhroma na mbromanna Dative leis an mbroim don bhroim leis na bromanna

Derived terms

• broimín
• bromán

Verb

broim (present analytic bromann, future analytic bromfaidh, verbal noun bromadh, past participle bromtha)

1. to fart

Conjugation

conjugation of broim (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	bromaim	bromann tú; bromair†	bromann sé, sí	bromaimid	bromann sibh	bromann siad; bromaid†	a bhromann; a bhromas / a mbromann*	bromtar
	past	bhroim mé; bhromas	bhroim tú; bhromais	bhroim sé, sí	bhromamar; bhroim muid	bhroim sibh; bhromabhair	bhroim siad; bhromadar	a bhroim / ar bhroim*	bromadh
	past habitual	bhromainn / mbromainn‡‡	bhromtá / mbromtᇇ	bhromadh sé, sí / mbromadh sé, s퇇	bhromaimis; bhromadh muid / mbromaimis‡‡; mbromadh muid‡‡	bhromadh sibh / mbromadh sibh‡‡	bhromaidís; bhromadh siad / mbromaidís‡‡; mbromadh siad‡‡	a bhromadh / a mbromadh*	bhromtaí / mbromta퇇
future		bromfaidh mé; bromfad	bromfaidh tú; bromfair†	bromfaidh sé, sí	bromfaimid; bromfaidh muid	bromfaidh sibh	bromfaidh siad; bromfaid†	a bhromfaidh; a bhromfas / a mbromfaidh*	bromfar
conditional		bhromfainn / mbromfainn‡‡	bhromfá / mbromfᇇ	bhromfadh sé, sí / mbromfadh sé, s퇇	bhromfaimis; bhromfadh muid / mbromfaimis‡‡; mbromfadh muid‡‡	bhromfadh sibh / mbromfadh sibh‡‡	bhromfaidís; bhromfadh siad / mbromfaidís‡‡; mbromfadh siad‡‡	a bhromfadh / a mbromfadh*	bhromfaí / mbromfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbroma mé; go mbromad†	go mbroma tú; go mbromair†	go mbroma sé, sí	go mbromaimid; go mbroma muid	go mbroma sibh	go mbroma siad; go mbromaid†	—	go mbromtar
	past	dá mbromainn	dá mbromtá	dá mbromadh sé, sí	dá mbromaimis; dá mbromadh muid	dá mbromadh sibh	dá mbromaidís; dá mbromadh siad	—	dá mbromtaí
imperative		bromaim	broim	bromadh sé, sí	bromaimis	bromaigí; bromaidh†	bromaidís	—	bromtar
verbal noun		bromadh
past participle		bromtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• bromaire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
broim	bhroim	mbroim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bramaim (breamaim)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 81
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “broim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN