"bran" meaning in Old Irish

See bran in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɾan/
Etymology: From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ (brani), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|pgl|ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ}} Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ (brani), {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*branos||raven}} Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*werneh₂-||crow}} Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”), {{cog|txb|wrauña}} Tocharian B wrauña, {{cog|lt|várna}} Lithuanian várna Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|brain|or|broin|||||nominative plural|brain|or|broin||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin), {{sga-noun|m|brain|brain|gen2=broin|pl2=broin}} bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|brain}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=bran+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=branu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=bran+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=branaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=branaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=bran+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=bran|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=bran+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=brain+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=bran+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=brain+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=bran|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=bran+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=branu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=brain|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: brain [genitive], broin [genitive], brain [nominative, plural], broin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bran [nominative, singular], bran [dual, nominative], brain [nominative, plural], brain [singular, vocative], bran [dual, vocative], branu [plural, vocative], bran [accusative, singular], bran [accusative, dual], branu [accusative, plural], brain [genitive, singular], bran [dual, genitive], bran [genitive, plural], bran [dative, singular], branaib [dative, dual], branaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bran [mutation, mutation-radical], bran [lenition, mutation], mbran [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. raven Tags: masculine Synonyms: fiach, trogan
    Sense id: en-bran-sga-noun-CSzaOQtH Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Corvids

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "bran"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "bran"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ",
      "ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ#Primitive_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*branos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/branos"
    ],
    [
      "*werneh₂-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/werneh₂-"
    ],
    [
      "wrauña",
      "wrauña#Tocharian_B"
    ],
    [
      "várna",
      "varna#Lithuanian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ (brani)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*branos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "raven"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*werneh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "crow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "wrauña"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B wrauña",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "várna"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian várna",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ (brani), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "brain",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "broin",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "brain",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "broin",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "brain",
        "3": "brain",
        "gen2": "broin",
        "pl2": "broin"
      },
      "expansion": "bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brain"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bran+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "branu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bran+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "branaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "branaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "bran+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bran",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "bran+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "brain+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bran+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "brain+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "bran",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "bran+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "branu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "brain",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 13 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Corvids",
          "orig": "sga:Corvids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "raven"
      ],
      "id": "en-bran-sga-noun-CSzaOQtH",
      "links": [
        [
          "raven",
          "raven"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fiach"
        },
        {
          "word": "trogan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɾan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bran"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "bran"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "bran"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ",
      "ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ#Primitive_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*branos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/branos"
    ],
    [
      "*werneh₂-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/werneh₂-"
    ],
    [
      "wrauña",
      "wrauña#Tocharian_B"
    ],
    [
      "várna",
      "varna#Lithuanian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ (brani)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*branos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "raven"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*werneh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "crow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "wrauña"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B wrauña",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "várna"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian várna",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚔ (brani), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "branaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "brain",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "broin",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "brain",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "broin",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "brain",
        "3": "brain",
        "gen2": "broin",
        "pl2": "broin"
      },
      "expansion": "bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brain"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bran+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "branu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bran+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "branaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "branaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "bran+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bran",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "bran+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "brain+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bran+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "brain+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "bran",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "bran+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "branu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "brain",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "raven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raven",
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fiach"
        },
        {
          "word": "trogan"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɾan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bran"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "bran"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bran",
  "trace": ""
}

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