Norman

Alternative forms

• brun (Jersey)

Adjective

breun m

1. (Guernsey, Cotentin) brown

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• brèan

Etymology

From Old Irish brén ‎(“putrid, stinking, rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg-.

Adjective

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

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

1. become corrupt
2. stink

Noun

breun f

1. stench
2. corruption

Related terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “brén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.