bràthair
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Noun
[edit]bràthair m (genitive singular bràthar, plural bràithrean)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bràthair (type Vb masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | bràthair | bràithrean |
Genitive | bràthar | bhràithrean |
Dative | bràthair | bràithrean |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (am) bràthair | (na) bràithrean |
Genitive | (a') bhràthar | (nam) bràithrean |
Dative | (a') bhràthair | (na) bràithrean |
Vocative | bhràthair | bhràithrean |
- Alternative dative/vocative plural: bràithribh, bràthraibh (archaic, or, dialectal)
Derived terms
[edit]- bràithreil (“brotherly”)
- bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
- bràthair-athar m (“paternal uncle”)
- bràthair-cèile m (“brother-in-law”)
- bràthair-màthar m (“maternal uncle”)
- comh-bhràthaireil (“fraternal”)
- leth-bhràthair m (“half-brother”)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bràthair | bhràthair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bràthair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples
- Scottish Gaelic fifth-declension nouns
- gd:Family
- gd:Male