# broim
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* braim, bram, breim, brim

### Etymology

From Middle Irish broimm (verbal noun of Old Irish 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: /bˠɾˠaimʲ/
* (Aran) IPA: /bʲɾʲiːmʲ/ (corresponding to the forms breim and brim)
* (Connemara) IPA: /bˠɾˠiːmʲ/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /bˠɾˠɪmʲ/

### 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

Third declension

#### Derived terms

* broimín
* bromán

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | past | bhroim mé; bhromas | bhroim tú; bhromais | bhroim sé, sí | bhromamar; bhroim muid | bhroim sibh; bhromabhair | bhroim siad; bhromadar | a bhroim / ar bhroim* | bromadh |
| indicative | 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 | 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 | 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 | imperative | bromaim | broim | bromadh sé, sí | bromaimis | bromaigí; bromaidh$^†$ | bromaidís | — | bromtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bromadh | bromadh | bromadh | bromadh | bromadh | bromadh | bromadh | bromadh |
| past participle | past participle | bromtha | bromtha | bromtha | bromtha | bromtha | bromtha | bromtha | bromtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Derived terms

* bromaire

### 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

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bramaim (breamaim)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 81
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “breim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 86
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “broim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN