brach

See also: Brach

English

Etymology 1

Originally in plural, from Old French brachez, plural of brachet, a diminutive of Occitan brac, from Frankish. Cognate to the German Bracke. More at brachet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹæt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

brach (plural brachs or braches)

1. (archaic) A hound; especially a female hound used for hunting, a bitch hound.
   • ca. 1604-1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, 1, 4, 109-111.

     FOOL: Truth's a dog that must to kennel; he must be whipped out, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.

   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, First Folio (1623), III.6:

     Mastiffe, Grey-hound, Mongrill, Grim, / Hound or Spaniell, Brache, or Hym […].

   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, NYRB 2001, vol.1 p.331:

     A sow-pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown, “would miraculously hunt all manner of deer, and that as well, or rather better than any ordinary hound.”

2. (archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman.

Synonyms

• bitch

See also

• brachet

Etymology 2

Shortening of brachiopod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

brach (plural braches)

1. (paleontology, informal) brachiopod

Anagrams

• B.Arch.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrax]

Noun

1. (colloquial) bro
2. (colloquial) guy

Further reading

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braːx/, [bʁaːχ]

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Etymology 1

Backformation from brachliegen, from in Brache liegen, from the noun Brache (“fallow land, fallowness”). Cognate with Dutch braak. Related with brechen (etymology 2).

Adjective

brach (not comparable)

1. fallow

   Synonyms: unbestellt, unbebaut

Derived terms

• Brachland

Related terms

• Brache
• brachliegen (brach liegen)

Etymology 2

Verb

brach

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular preterite of brechen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular preterite of brechen.

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Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brach m (genitive singular bracha)

1. pus
2. discharge from eyes during sleep

Declension

Declension of brach

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brach Vocative a bhrach Genitive bracha Dative brach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an brach Genitive an bhracha Dative leis an mbrach don bhrach

Derived terms

• brachaí (“bleary”, adjective) (of eyes)
• brachshúileach (“blear-eyed”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

brach f (genitive singular braiche)

1. Alternative form of braich (“malt”)

Declension

Declension of brach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brach Vocative a bhrach Genitive braiche Dative brach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhrach Genitive na braiche Dative leis an mbrach don bhrach

Verb

brach (present analytic brachann, future analytic brachfaidh, verbal noun brachadh, past participle brachta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of braich (“malt”)

Conjugation

conjugation of brach (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	brachaim	brachann tú; brachair†	brachann sé, sí	brachaimid	brachann sibh	brachann siad; brachaid†	a bhrachann; a bhrachas / a mbrachann*; a mbrachas*	brachtar
	past	bhrach mé; bhrachas	bhrach tú; bhrachais	bhrach sé, sí	bhrachamar; bhrach muid	bhrach sibh; bhrachabhair	bhrach siad; bhrachadar	a bhrach / ar bhrach*	brachadh
	past habitual	bhrachainn / mbrachainn‡‡	bhrachtá / mbrachtᇇ	bhrachadh sé, sí / mbrachadh sé, s퇇	bhrachaimis; bhrachadh muid / mbrachaimis‡‡; mbrachadh muid‡‡	bhrachadh sibh / mbrachadh sibh‡‡	bhrachaidís; bhrachadh siad / mbrachaidís‡‡; mbrachadh siad‡‡	a bhrachadh / a mbrachadh*	bhrachtaí / mbrachta퇇
future		brachfaidh mé; brachfad	brachfaidh tú; brachfair†	brachfaidh sé, sí	brachfaimid; brachfaidh muid	brachfaidh sibh	brachfaidh siad; brachfaid†	a bhrachfaidh; a bhrachfas / a mbrachfaidh*; a mbrachfas*	brachfar
conditional		bhrachfainn / mbrachfainn‡‡	bhrachfá / mbrachfᇇ	bhrachfadh sé, sí / mbrachfadh sé, s퇇	bhrachfaimis; bhrachfadh muid / mbrachfaimis‡‡; mbrachfadh muid‡‡	bhrachfadh sibh / mbrachfadh sibh‡‡	bhrachfaidís; bhrachfadh siad / mbrachfaidís‡‡; mbrachfadh siad‡‡	a bhrachfadh / a mbrachfadh*	bhrachfaí / mbrachfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbracha mé; go mbrachad†	go mbracha tú; go mbrachair†	go mbracha sé, sí	go mbrachaimid; go mbracha muid	go mbracha sibh	go mbracha siad; go mbrachaid†	—	go mbrachtar
	past	dá mbrachainn	dá mbrachtá	dá mbrachadh sé, sí	dá mbrachaimis; dá mbrachadh muid	dá mbrachadh sibh	dá mbrachaidís; dá mbrachadh siad	—	dá mbrachtaí
imperative		brachaim	brach	brachadh sé, sí	brachaimis	brachaigí; brachaidh†	brachaidís	—	brachtar
verbal noun		brachadh
past participle		brachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brach	bhrach	mbrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

From brat (“brother”) +‎ -ch.

Pronunciation

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Noun

brach m pers

1. (colloquial) a male comrade or friend; bro

Declension

Declension of brach

	singular	plural
nominative	brach	brachy
genitive	bracha	brachów
dative	brachowi	brachom
accusative	bracha	brachów
instrumental	brachem	brachami
locative	brachu	brachach
vocative	brachu	brachy

Noun

brach m

1. locative plural of ber

   Synonym: berach

Further reading

• brach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
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