brù

irreg. sf Belly. 2 Womb. 3 Big belly, as a woman with child. 4 Bulge. Declined thus:—

	Sing.	Plur.
Nom.	brù	brùthan, [††bronna & bronnaichean]
Gen.	bronn1	bronn
Dat.	broinn	bronnaibh
Voc.	a bhrù!	a bhrùtha!

¹Gen sing broinne (DU). Tha brù air a' bhalla, the wall bulges; brù-ghoirt, belly-ache; a brù torrach, her womb pregnant; toradh na broinn, the fruit of the womb; air do bhroinn, on thy belly; làn bronn, bellyful; cha lion beannachd brù, blessings do not fill a belly; is gainne brù na biadh dhut, you are scarcer of belly room than you are of food — applied to a grumbler; loisg thu do bhrù 's cha do rinn thu do gharadh, thou hast burnt thy belly but didst not warm thyself (this saying can be applied in various ways, for instance, a man makes great efforts to gain a certain object, but comes to grief in his endeavours); tha a bhrù air an t-sop, his belly is on the straw (this applies to a gluttonous person or animal who would eat till he could not move and had to lie down, dh'ith e gus an robh a bhrù air an t-sop.

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