braon

Bislama

Etymology

From English brown. Cognate with Pijin braon and Tok Pisin braun.

Adjective

braon (attributive braonfala, nominalised braonwan)

1. brown

   Graon blong gaden hem i braon tumas.

   The garden soil is very brown.

References

• Crowley, Terry (2003), “braon”, in A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 59

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠeːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠiːnˠ/, (older) /bˠɾˠɯːnˠ/

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, nominative plural braonta or braonacha)

1. a drop (small mass of liquid)
2. gathering, pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Declension

Declension of braon (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative braon braonta vocative a bhraoin a bhraonta genitive braoin braonta dative braon braonta forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of braon

radical	lenition	eclipsis
braon	bhraon	mbraon

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

Further reading

• A. Palandri, Ú. Bhreathnach, M. Měchura, G. Ó Cleircín, and B. Ó Raghallaigh, (2026), “braon”, in Taisce Chanúintí na Gaeilge - Repository of Irish Dialects‎^[3] (in Irish and English), Dublin City University
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “braon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 116; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• “braon”, in Foclóir Nua Gaeilge (in Irish), Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “braon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Pijin

Etymology

From English brown. Cognate with Bislama braon and Tok Pisin braun.

Adjective

braon

1. brown (colour)

   Graon insaet gaden blong mifala hem braon.

   The soil in our garden is brown.

2. (loosely, by extension) maroon, burgundy (dark reddish-brown colours)

   Niu dres blong hem i garem braon kala olsem waen.

   Her new dress has a burgundy colour like wine.

Derived terms

• braonskin (“brown-skinned person”)

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “braon”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 28

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, “to send rain”), Latin rigo (“to water, moisten”), English rain, but does compare English brine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾɯːn/

Noun

braon m (genitive singular braoin, plural braoin)

1. drop (of liquid)
2. drizzle
3. rain
4. shower
5. dew

Synonyms

• boinne

Verb

braon

1. drop
2. distil
3. drizzle

Mutation

Mutation of braon

radical	lenition
braon	bhraon

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)

1. (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