breun
Norman
Alternative forms
- brun (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”).
Adjective
breun m
- (Guernsey, Cotentin) brown
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- brèan
Etymology
From Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”).
Adjective
breun (comparative brèine)
- stinking, fetid, putrid
- filthy, loathsome, nasty, corrupt
- bold, indelicate (as a female)
- of a turbulent, boisterous disposition
- clumsy
- beastly, brutal
Verb
breun (past bhreun, future breunaidh, verbal noun breunad, past participle breunte)
- become corrupt
- stink
Noun
breun f
- stench
- corruption
Related terms
- bainne breun m (“soured milk”)
- breun-bhith f
- breun-chrann m
- breun-fheòcullan m (“foumart, fulimart”)
- breun-ladhrach (“rotten- or stinking-toed”)
- breun-ubhal m (“prickly buckthorn”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “breun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language