Brasaíl

Irish

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaˈsˠiːlʲ/

Proper noun

An Bhrasaíl f (genitive na Brasaíle)

1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle)

Declension

Declension of Brasaíl

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Brasaíl Vocative a Bhrasaíl Genitive Brasaíle Dative Brasaíl

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Bhrasaíl Genitive na Brasaíle Dative leis an mBrasaíl don Bhrasaíl

Derived terms

• Brasaíleach (“Brazilian”, adjective)
• Brasaíleach m (“Brazilian”)
• real na Brasaíle, réal na Brasaíle

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Brasaíl	Bhrasaíl	mBrasaíl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Brasaíl”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Bhrasaíl”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024