brollach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish brollach (“breast, bosom, chest”). Related to Old Irish bruinne (“breast”) and brú (“belly, womb”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠəɾˠˈl̪ˠax/[1] (as if spelled borlach)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠɔl̪ˠəx/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɾˠal̪ˠa(x)/[3] (as if spelled brallach)
Noun
editbrollach m (genitive singular brollaigh, nominative plural brollaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of brollach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brollach | bhrollach | mbrollach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brollach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN