OriginFrom Old Irish brén (“putrid, stinking, rotten”).
- stinking, fetid, putrid
- filthy, loathsome, nasty, corrupt
- bold, indelicate (as a female)
- of a turbulent, boisterous disposition
- clumsy
- beastly, brutal
- femininestench
- femininecorruption
Formsnas brèine(comparative) · as brèine(superlative) · brèan(alternative) · bhreun(past) · breunaidh(future) · breunad(noun-from-verb) · breunte(participle, past)
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