broim

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

broim m (genitive singular broma, nominative plural bromanna)

  1. fart
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], 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

Declension of broim (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative broim bromanna
vocative a bhroim a bhromanna
genitive broma bromanna
dative broim bromanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an broim na bromanna
genitive an bhroma na mbromanna
dative leis an mbroim
don bhroim 		leis na bromanna

Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. to fart

Conjugation

Conjugation of broim (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present bromaim bromann tú;
bromair† 		bromann sé, sí bromaimid; bromann muid bromann sibh bromann siad;
bromaid† 		a bhromann; a bhromas bromtar
past bhroim mé; bhromas bhroim tú; bhromais bhroim sé, sí bhromamar; bhroim muid bhroim sibh; bhromabhair bhroim siad; bhromadar a bhroim bromadh
past habitual bhromainn /
bromainn‡ 		bhromtá /
bromtᇠ		bhromadh sé, sí /
bromadh sé, sí‡ 		bhromaimis; bhromadh muid /
bromaimis‡; bromadh muid‡ 		bhromadh sibh /
bromadh sibh‡ 		bhromaidís; bhromadh siad /
bromaidís‡; bromadh siad‡ 		a bhromadh bhromtaí /
bromtaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future bromfaidh mé;
bromfad 		bromfaidh tú;
bromfair† 		bromfaidh sé, sí bromfaimid;
bromfaidh muid 		bromfaidh sibh bromfaidh siad;
bromfaid† 		a bhromfaidh; a bhromfas bromfar
conditional bhromfainn /
bromfainn‡ 		bhromfá /
bromfᇠ		bhromfadh sé, sí /
bromfadh sé, sí‡ 		bhromfaimis; bhromfadh muid /
bromfaimis‡; bromfadh muid‡ 		bhromfadh sibh /
bromfadh sibh‡ 		bhromfaidís; bhromfadh siad /
bromfaidís‡; bromfadh siad‡ 		a bhromfadh bhromfaí /
bromfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
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 singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— bromaim broim bromadh sé, sí bromaimis bromaigí;
bromaidh† 		bromaidís — bromtar
past participle bromtha
verbal noun bromadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of broim
radical lenition eclipsis
broim bhroim mbroim

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  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 [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], 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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