braim

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾɤim/

Noun

braim m (genitive singular brama, plural bramannan)

  1. fart

Declension

  • In Uist, an alternate genitive plural form, bràm, is used.

Derived terms

  • bramadaich
  • bramag

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
braimbhraim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “braim”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “broimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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