branar

Irish

Alternative forms

branra

Etymology

From Old Irish branar (“fallow land; act of tilling, preparing (land for new crop)”), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Welsh braenar (“fallow land”).

Noun

branar m (genitive singular branair)

(agriculture) broken leas, fallow

Declension

Declension of branar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	branar
Vocative	a bhranair
Genitive	branair
Dative	branar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an branar
Genitive	an bhranair
Dative	leis an mbranar don bhranar

Derived terms

branar gan chur (“blank canvas”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
branar	bhranar	mbranar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “branar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 branar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “branar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “branar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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