broim

Irish

Alternative forms

braim, bram, breim, brim^[1]

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

(Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaimʲ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲiːmʲ/^[3] (corresponding to the forms breim and brim)
(Connemara) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠiːmʲ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɪmʲ/^[4]

Noun

broim m (genitive singular broma, nominative plural bromanna)

fart
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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
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)

to fart

Conjugation

conjugation of broim (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	bromaim	bromann tú; bromair^†	bromann sé, sí	bromaimid	bromann sibh	bromann siad; bromaid^†	a bhromann; a bhromas / a mbromann*	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 / mbromtá‡‡	bhromadh sé, sí / mbromadh sé, sí‡‡	bhromaimis; bhromadh muid / mbromaimis‡‡; mbromadh muid‡‡	bhromadh sibh / mbromadh sibh‡‡	bhromaidís; bhromadh siad / mbromaidís‡‡; mbromadh siad‡‡	a bhromadh / a mbromadh*	bhromtaí / mbromtaí‡‡
future		bromfaidh mé; bromfad	bromfaidh tú; bromfair^†	bromfaidh sé, sí	bromfaimid; bromfaidh muid	bromfaidh sibh	bromfaidh siad; bromfaid^†	a bhromfaidh; a bhromfas / a mbromfaidh*	bromfar
conditional		bhromfainn / mbromfainn‡‡	bhromfá / mbromfá‡‡	bhromfadh sé, sí / mbromfadh sé, sí‡‡	bhromfaimis; bhromfadh muid / mbromfaimis‡‡; mbromfadh muid‡‡	bhromfadh sibh / mbromfadh sibh‡‡	bhromfaidís; bhromfadh siad / mbromfaidís‡‡; mbromfadh siad‡‡	a bhromfadh / a mbromfadh*	bhromfaí / mbromfaí‡‡
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
subjunctive	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

bromaire

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

^ “broim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “broimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 110, page 43

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

References

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