bró

See also: bro, Bro, bro., and -bro

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bró, from Old Irish brao, from Proto-Celtic *brawū (“millstone”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠoː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔː/

Noun

bró f (genitive singular bró, nominative plural brónna)

quern, millstone

Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of bró

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bró	brónna
Vocative	a bhró	a bhrónna
Genitive	bró	brónna
Dative	bró	brónna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhró	na brónna
Genitive	na bró	na mbrónna
Dative	leis an mbró don bhró	leis na brónna

Archaic or dialectal declension:

Declension of bró

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bró	bróinte
Vocative	a bhró	a bhróinte
Genitive	brón	bróinte
Dative	bróin	bróinte

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhró	na bróinte
Genitive	na brón	na mbróinte
Dative	leis an mbróin don bhróin	leis na bróinte

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bró	bhró	mbró
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“bró”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bró”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 89
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bró”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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