# braon
## Bislama
### Etymology

From English brown.

### Adjective

braon
* brown

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”), of uncertain ultimate origin. MacBain rejects comparisons to fearthainn (“rain”), Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “I send rain”), Latin rigo (“I water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bˠɾˠeːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /bˠɾˠiːnˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠɾˠiːnˠ/, (older) /bˠɾˠɯːnˠ/

### Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, nominative plural braonta or braonacha)
* a drop (small mass of liquid)
* gathering, pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
braon
braonta
vocative
a bhraoin
a bhraonta
genitive
braoin
braonta
dative
braon
braonta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an braon
na braonta
genitive
an bhraoin
na mbraonta
dative
leis an mbraon don bhraon
leis na braonta :
* Alternative plural: braonacha (Cois Fharraige)

#### Synonyms

* (pus): angadh

#### Derived terms

* braoinín m (“drop, wee dram”)
* braonach (“dripping; misty, wet; tearful”, adjective)
* braonaíl f (“dripping, drops; guttation”)
* braonán m (“droplet”)
* braonsamhail (den núicléas) f (“liquid-drop model (of the nucleus)”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “braon”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish bráen (“rain, moisture, drop(s)”), of uncertain ultimate origin. MacBain rejects comparisons to fearthainn (“rain”), Ancient Greek βρέχω (brékhō, “I send rain”), Latin rigo (“I water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾɯːn/

### Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, plural braoin)
* drop (of liquid)
* drizzle
* rain
* shower
* dew

#### Synonyms

* boinne

### Verb

braon
* drop
* distil
* drizzle

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “braon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bráen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

braon (Cyrillic spelling браон)
* (Serbia, Montenegro) brown
    Synonyms: (Croatia, Bosnia) smȅđ, mȑk

### See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text) :
| bijel / бијел, beo / бео | siv / сив, sinji / сињи | crn / црн |
| crven / црвен, rumen / румен | narandžast / наранџаст, narančast / наранчаст; smeđ / смеђ, braon / браон | žut / жут; žut / жут |
| zelen / зелен | zelen / зелен | |
| tirkizan / тиркизан, cijan / цијан; tirkizan / тиркизан | plav / плав | modar / модар |
| ljubičast / љубичаст; modar / модар, indigo / индиго | ljubičast / љубичаст, magenta / магента; ljubičast / љубичаст | ružičast / ружичаст, roza / роза |