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braich

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Irish

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braich

Etymology

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From Middle Irish braich,[1] from Old Irish mraich,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrakis. Cognate with Welsh brag.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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braich f (genitive singular braiche or bracha)

  1. malt
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49:
      hug mē māl̄ə brȧ ō n mŭiĺn̥̄ əńú.
      [Thug mé mála braiche ón muileann inniu.]
      I brought a bag of malt from the mill today.

Declension

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As second-declension noun:

Declension of braich (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative braich
vocative a bhraich
genitive braiche
dative braich
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bhraich
genitive na braiche
dative leis an mbraich
don bhraich

As third-declension noun:

Declension of braich (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative braich
vocative a bhraich
genitive bracha
dative braich
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bhraich
genitive na bracha
dative leis an mbraich
don bhraich

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of braich
radical lenition eclipsis
braich bhraich mbraich

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “braich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mraich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish braich,[1] from Old Irish mraich,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrakis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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braich f (genitive singular bracha)

  1. malt

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of braich
radical lenition
braich bhraich

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “braich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mraich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh breich, from Proto-Brythonic *brėx, from Latin bracchium. Compare Cornish bregh, Breton brec'h.

This is one of a number of nouns that were masculine in Middle Welsh but became feminine in Modern Welsh; others include chwedl, damwain, dinas, and grudd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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braich f (plural breichiau)

  1. arm

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of braich
radical soft nasal aspirate
braich fraich mraich unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braich”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies