"brollach" meaning in Irish

See brollach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bˠəɾˠˈl̪ˠax/ [Munster], /ˈbˠɾˠɔl̪ˠəx/ [Connacht], /ˈbˠɾˠal̪ˠa(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish brollach (“breast, bosom, chest”). Related to Old Irish bruinne (“breast”) and brú (“belly, womb”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|brollach||breast, bosom, chest}} Old Irish brollach (“breast, bosom, chest”), {{cog|sga|bruinne||breast}} Old Irish bruinne (“breast”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|brollaigh|||||||nominative plural|brollaigh|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} brollach m (genitive singular brollaigh, nominative plural brollaigh), {{ga-noun|m|brollaigh|brollaigh}} brollach m (genitive singular brollaigh, nominative plural brollaigh) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: brollaigh [genitive, singular], brollaigh [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brollach [indefinite, nominative, singular], brollaigh [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhrollaigh [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhrollacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], brollaigh [genitive, indefinite, singular], brollach [genitive, indefinite, plural], brollach [dative, indefinite, singular], brollaigh [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an brollach [definite, nominative, singular], na brollaigh [definite, nominative, plural], an bhrollaigh [definite, genitive, singular], na mbrollach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbrollach [dative, definite, singular], don bhrollach [dative, definite, singular], leis na brollaigh [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brollach [error-unrecognized-form], bhrollach [error-unrecognized-form], mbrollach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. breast, bosom Tags: masculine Synonyms: broinne, ucht
    Sense id: en-brollach-ga-noun-IuCEdLQX Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. preface Tags: masculine Synonyms: réamhrá
    Sense id: en-brollach-ga-noun-CWBEoHLB Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Body parts Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Body parts: 26 74
     
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "broinne"
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        {
          "word": "ucht"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "Munster"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɾˠɔl̪ˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɾˠal̪ˠa(x)/",
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}

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        "plural"
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    {
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      "form": "don bhrollach",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for brollach meaning in Irish (3.9kB)

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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "brollach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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