Brónach

See also: bronach, brónach, and brònach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Brónach, from the adjective brónach (“sad, sorrowful”).

Proper noun

Brónach f (genitive Brónche)

  1. (Christianity) Saint Brónach of Kilbroney, a 6th-century follower of Saint Patrick.
  2. a female given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Bronagh

Derived terms
  • Cell Brónche (“Kilbroney”, literally “church of Brónach”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Brónach Bhrónach mBrónach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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