bràthair

See also: bráthair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Noun

bràthair m (genitive singular bràthar, plural bràithrean)

1. brother, male sibling

   Tha am bràthair aig Seumas aig am bùth. ― James' brother is at the shop.

Derived terms

• 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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bràthair	bhràthair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• 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