broim

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠaimʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲiːmʲ/[1] (corresponding to the forms breim and brim)
  • (Connemara) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠiːmʲ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɪmʲ/

Noun

broim m (genitive singular broma, nominative plural bromanna)

  1. fart
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 56:
      rińə šē bŕīm mōr.
      Rinne sé broim mór. (standard orthography)
      He let out a big fart.
      (literally, “He made a big fart.”)

Declension
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

Verb

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

  1. to fart

Conjugation
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*; a mbromas*		 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*; a mbromfas*		 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

Mutation
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
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56

Further reading
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