bráge

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brāgants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbraː.ɣɘ]

Noun

bráge f (genitive brágat)

1. neck, throat, gullet

   Synonym: slucait

Inflection

Feminine nt-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bráge	brágaitL	brágait
Vocative	bráge	brágaitL	bráigtea
Accusative	brágaitN	brágaitL	bráigtea
Genitive	brágat	brágatL	brágatN
Dative	brágaitL	bráigtib	bráigtib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: brága
  • Irish: brá (“captive, hostage”), bráid (“neck, throat”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràigh (“captive, hostage”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brága”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language