breun

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French brun (polished, shiny, brown).

Adjective

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breun m

  1. (Guernsey, Cotentin) brown

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brén (putrid, stinking, rotten).

Adjective

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breun (comparative brèine)

  1. stinking, fetid, putrid
  2. filthy, loathsome, nasty, corrupt
  3. bold, indelicate (as a female)
  4. of a turbulent, boisterous disposition
  5. clumsy
  6. beastly, brutal

Verb

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breun (past bhreun, future breunaidh, verbal noun breunad, past participle breunte)

  1. become corrupt
  2. stink

Noun

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breun f

  1. stench
  2. corruption
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References

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