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broim

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish broimm (verbal noun of Old Irish braigid from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti) from Proto-Celtic *braxsman from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.[2] The modern verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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broim m (genitive singular broma, nominative plural bromanna)

  1. fart
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56:
      rińə šē bŕīm mōr.
      [Rinne sé broim mór.]
      He let out a big fart.
      (literally, “He made a big fart.”)

Declension

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Declension of broim

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative broim bromanna
Vocative a bhroim a bhromanna
Genitive broma bromanna
Dative broim bromanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an broim na bromanna
Genitive an bhroma na mbromanna
Dative leis an mbroim

don bhroim

leis na bromanna

Derived terms

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Verb

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broim (present analytic bromann, future analytic bromfaidh, verbal noun bromadh, past participle bromtha)

  1. to fart

Conjugation

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conjugation of broim (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present bromaim bromann tú;
bromair† 		bromann sé, sí bromaimid bromann sibh bromann siad;
bromaid† 		a bhromann; a bhromas /
a mbromann* 		bromtar
past bhroim mé; bhromas bhroim tú; bhromais bhroim sé, sí bhromamar; bhroim muid bhroim sibh; bhromabhair bhroim siad; bhromadar a bhroim /
ar bhroim* 		bromadh
past habitual bhromainn / mbromainn‡‡ bhromtá / mbromtᇇ bhromadh sé, sí / mbromadh sé, s퇇 bhromaimis; bhromadh muid / mbromaimis‡‡; mbromadh muid‡‡ bhromadh sibh / mbromadh sibh‡‡ bhromaidís; bhromadh siad / mbromaidís‡‡; mbromadh siad‡‡ a bhromadh /
a mbromadh* 		bhromtaí / mbromta퇇
future bromfaidh mé;
bromfad 		bromfaidh tú;
bromfair† 		bromfaidh sé, sí bromfaimid;
bromfaidh muid 		bromfaidh sibh bromfaidh siad;
bromfaid† 		a bhromfaidh; a bhromfas /
a mbromfaidh* 		bromfar
conditional bhromfainn / mbromfainn‡‡ bhromfá / mbromfᇇ bhromfadh sé, sí / mbromfadh sé, s퇇 bhromfaimis; bhromfadh muid / mbromfaimis‡‡; mbromfadh muid‡‡ bhromfadh sibh / mbromfadh sibh‡‡ bhromfaidís; bhromfadh siad / mbromfaidís‡‡; mbromfadh siad‡‡ a bhromfadh /
a mbromfadh* 		bhromfaí / mbromfa퇇
subjunctive present go mbroma mé;
go mbromad† 		go mbroma tú;
go mbromair† 		go mbroma sé, sí go mbromaimid;
go mbroma muid 		go mbroma sibh go mbroma siad;
go mbromaid† 		— go mbromtar
past dá mbromainn dá mbromtá dá mbromadh sé, sí dá mbromaimis;
dá mbromadh muid 		dá mbromadh sibh dá mbromaidís;
dá mbromadh siad 		— dá mbromtaí
imperative bromaim broim bromadh sé, sí bromaimis bromaigí;
bromaidh† 		bromaidís — bromtar
verbal noun bromadh
past participle bromtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
broim bhroim mbroim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “broim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “broimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

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