brataíl

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare brat (“mantle, cloak; covering; curtain”), bratach (“flag”).

Noun

brataíl f (genitive singular brataíola)

1. (act of) flapping (as of sail)

Declension

Declension of brataíl

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative brataíl Vocative a bhrataíl Genitive brataíola Dative brataíl

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhrataíl Genitive na brataíola Dative leis an mbrataíl don bhrataíl

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brataíl	bhrataíl	mbrataíl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brataíl”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “brataíl” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.