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pronn

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Cornish

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Noun

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pronn

  1. Hard mutation of bronn.

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pronn (present analytic pronnann, future analytic pronnfaidh, verbal noun pronnadh, past participle pronnta)

  1. Ulster form of bronn (to donate, bestow)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of pronn
radical lenition eclipsis
pronn phronn bpronn

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish bronnaid (to injure, spoil),[1] from Proto-Celtic *brusnati.[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pronn (past phronn, future pronnaidh, verbal noun pronnadh, past participle pronnte)

  1. batter, mash, pound, pulverize, crush, grind, hash
  2. maul, bash

Adjective

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pronn (genitive singular masculine pruinn, genitive singular feminine pruinne, nominative plural pronna, comparative pruinne)

  1. mashed, scrambled, ground, frangible

Declension

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Declension of pronn (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative pronn phronn pronna
genitive phruinn pruinne pronna
dative pronn phruinn pronna
vocative phruinn phronn pronna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of pronn
radical lenition
pronn phronn

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bronnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 478