bráth

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See also: bráð and brath

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *brātus (judgement).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bráth m (genitive brátha)

  1. (Christianity) the Last Judgement, doomsday

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bráth
Vocative bráth
Accusative bráthN
Genitive bráthoH, bráthaH
Dative bráthL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: bráth

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

Further reading

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