brollach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brollach (breast, bosom, chest). Related to Old Irish bruinne (breast) and brú (belly, womb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brollach m (genitive singular brollaigh, nominative plural brollaigh)

  1. breast, bosom
    Synonyms: broinne, ucht
  2. preface
    Synonym: réamhrá

Declension

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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

Further reading

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