brah

See also: Brah

English

Alternative forms

• bro, bruh

Pronunciation

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Noun

brah (plural brahs)

1. Alternative spelling of bra (“brother, friend”).
   • 2005, Kem Nunn, Tapping the Source:

     Hey, brah, do me a favor. Don't lay your guilt trip on me. Why didn't you tell her?

Anagrams

• Bahr., Harb, h bar, h-bar, hbar

Alak

Noun

brah

1. (Harak) sky

Alternative forms

• prah (Alak)

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Eastern Cham

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *braːs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *beRas, from Proto-Austronesian *beRas. Compare Acehnese breuëh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brah/

Noun

brah (Akhar Thrah spelling ꨝꨴꩍ)

1. rice

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English brother.

Noun

brah

1. male friend, bro

   Brah, wass da issue?

   Bro, what's the issue?

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish braithid (“spy, disclose; perceive”), cognate with Irish braith and Scottish Gaelic brath. Doublet of brie from *braith.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braː/

Verb

brah (verbal noun brah, past participle brahit)

1. to betray
2. to reveal

   Synonym: soilshee

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borgъ. Compare Polish bróg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbraɣ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbrax/

Noun

brah m inan

1. hay barrack

Declension

Declension of brah (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	brah	brahy	brazi, brahové
genitive	braha, brahu	brahú	brahóv
dative	brahu	brahoma	brahóm
accusative	brah	brahy	brahy
vocative	braže	brahy	brazi, brahové
locative	brazě, brahu	brahú	braziech
instrumental	brahem	brahoma	brahy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “brah”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old High German

Verb

brah

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of brëhhan