bromach

Irish

From Proto-Celtic *brombākos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ- (“young animal”); compare Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos, “fetus, baby”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę, “foal”).

bromach m (genitive singular bromaigh, nominative plural bromaigh)

colt
Proverb: Is minic a rinne bromach gioblach capall cumasach. ― Many a ragged colt made a noble horse.

Synonyms: bromachán, bromaistín
(figuratively)
1. strong rough man
  Synonym: bromach d'fhear
2. big strong youth
  Synonym: bromach de ghasúr
3. rude person, boor
  Synonyms: amhas, bodach, bromach de dhuine, búr, garbhán, túitín, tútachán

Declension of bromach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bromach	na bromaigh
Genitive	an bhromaigh	na mbromach
Dative	leis an mbromach don bhromach	leis na bromaigh

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bromach	bhromach	mbromach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bromach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bromach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bromaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 90
“colt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Entries containing “bromach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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