braon uisce, braon fola 7rl. ag déanadh braon - making a "drop", festering. Thá an gearradh a chuir me im méar ag deanadh braon. - The cut in my finger is festering. ag déanadh braon. b'féidir "bre:n' " ach ní "bri:n' ".
braon fuiscí - a "drop" or small drink. braon-ín - a common name for leath-ghloine. Cad a bheidh agat? braon-ín (bre:n'i:n') Bhí braon ólta aige - .i. He had some drink taken.
ólann sé braon. - He takes a drop. A polite way of saying "he drinks". Níor thóg sé braon le bliain. - He didn't take a drop for a year. Bhí braon ólta aig Euphemism for "he was drunk".
Bhí braon sa mbreis ólta aig - He had taken a drop too much. Ní minic a thógann sé braon sa mbreis. - It is not often he takes a drop extra. D'réir deallraimh (d'aurǝ) bhí braon sa mbreis ólta aige mar bhí sé maith go leor.