brollach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (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

brollach m (genitive singular brollaigh, nominative plural brollaigh)

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

Declension
Declension of brollach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative brollach brollaigh
Vocative a bhrollaigh a bhrollacha
Genitive brollaigh brollach
Dative brollach brollaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an brollach na brollaigh
Genitive an bhrollaigh na mbrollach
Dative leis an mbrollach

don bhrollach

 leis na brollaigh

Mutation
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
  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

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