# bronn
## Cornish
### Alternative forms

* (Revived Late Cornish) brodn

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *bronnā (compare Breton bronn, Welsh bron), from Proto-Celtic *brusnā (compare Irish broinn (“womb”)), from *brusū (“belly”) (gen. *brusnos). More at bru.

#### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [brɔnː]

#### Noun

bronn f (dual diwvron or dywvron, plural bronnow)
* (anatomy) breast

#### Noun

bronn f (plural bronnow or brodnow)
* hill

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [brɤnː]

#### Noun

brònn m (singulative brònnen)
* (collective) rushes

### Mutation

Cornish consonant mutation :
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
| bronn | vronn | unchanged | pronn | fronn | vronn |

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bˠɾˠɑun̪ˠ/
* (Aran) IPA: /bˠɾˠoːn/, /bˠɾˠuːn/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠɾˠʌn̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bronnaid (“to bestow, give”), probably etymologically the same as bronnaid (“to injure, spoil”), from Proto-Celtic *brusnati.

#### Alternative forms

* pronn

#### Verb

bronn (present analytic bronnann, future analytic bronnfaidh, verbal noun bronnadh, past participle bronnta)
* (transitive) donate, bestow, gift, grant

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | bronnaim | bronnann tú; bronnair$^†$ | bronnann sé, sí | bronnaimid | bronnann sibh | bronnann siad; bronnaid$^†$ | a bhronnann; a bhronnas / a mbronnann* | bronntar |
| indicative | past | bhronn mé; bhronnas | bhronn tú; bhronnais | bhronn sé, sí | bhronnamar; bhronn muid | bhronn sibh; bhronnabhair | bhronn siad; bhronnadar | a bhronn / ar bhronn* | bronnadh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhronnainn / mbronnainn‡‡ | bhronntá / mbronntá‡‡ | bhronnadh sé, sí / mbronnadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhronnaimis; bhronnadh muid / mbronnaimis‡‡; mbronnadh muid‡‡ | bhronnadh sibh / mbronnadh sibh‡‡ | bhronnaidís; bhronnadh siad / mbronnaidís‡‡; mbronnadh siad‡‡ | a bhronnadh / a mbronnadh* | bhronntaí / mbronntaí‡‡ |
| future | future | bronnfaidh mé; bronnfad | bronnfaidh tú; bronnfair$^†$ | bronnfaidh sé, sí | bronnfaimid; bronnfaidh muid | bronnfaidh sibh | bronnfaidh siad; bronnfaid$^†$ | a bhronnfaidh; a bhronnfas / a mbronnfaidh* | bronnfar |
| conditional | conditional | bhronnfainn / mbronnfainn‡‡ | bhronnfá / mbronnfá‡‡ | bhronnfadh sé, sí / mbronnfadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhronnfaimis; bhronnfadh muid / mbronnfaimis‡‡; mbronnfadh muid‡‡ | bhronnfadh sibh / mbronnfadh sibh‡‡ | bhronnfaidís; bhronnfadh siad / mbronnfaidís‡‡; mbronnfadh siad‡‡ | a bhronnfadh / a mbronnfadh* | bhronnfaí / mbronnfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go mbronna mé; go mbronnad$^†$ | go mbronna tú; go mbronnair$^†$ | go mbronna sé, sí | go mbronnaimid; go mbronna muid | go mbronna sibh | go mbronna siad; go mbronnaid$^†$ | — | go mbronntar |
| subjunctive | past | dá mbronnainn | dá mbronntá | dá mbronnadh sé, sí | dá mbronnaimis; dá mbronnadh muid | dá mbronnadh sibh | dá mbronnaidís; dá mbronnadh siad | — | dá mbronntaí |
| imperative | imperative | bronnaim | bronn | bronnadh sé, sí | bronnaimis | bronnaigí; bronnaidh$^†$ | bronnaidís | — | bronntar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bronnadh | bronnadh | bronnadh | bronnadh | bronnadh | bronnadh | bronnadh | bronnadh |
| past participle | past participle | bronnta | bronnta | bronnta | bronnta | bronnta | bronnta | bronnta | bronnta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Derived terms

* bronntach (“gift-giving, generous”, adjective)
* bronntanas m (“present, gift; bestowal”)
* bronntóir m (“giver, bestower”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bronn f sg
* variant genitive singular of broinn

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 51
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bronnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bronnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 478

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bronn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

bronn f sg
* genitive singular of brù