brocc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) (compare Welsh broch).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /brok/

Noun

brocc m

1. badger

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: broc
• Manx: broc
• Scottish Gaelic: broc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
brocc	brocc pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbrocc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brocc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language