brath

See also: bráð

English

Alternative forms

• breth, breith, brethe, braith, berth, berthe (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æθ

Etymology 1

From Middle English brath, broth, braith, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður (“quick, hasty, excited”), Swedish bråd (“hasty, sudden, urgent”), Danish bråd (“hasty, sudden”). Related to breath, brew.

Adjective

brath (comparative brather or more brath, superlative brathest or most brath)

1. (UK dialectal) Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

Synonyms

• snell

Derived terms

• brathly

Etymology 2

From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above.

Noun

brath (uncountable)

1. (UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.

Anagrams

• Barth, barth

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brath, later form of mrath, mbrath (“act of betraying; treachery, betrayal; act of spying, reconnoitring; act of revealing; revelation, sign; act of depending (on); dependence, something depending (on)”), from Proto-Celtic *brātu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠa/

Noun

brath m (genitive singular as substantive braith, genitive as verbal noun braite)

1. verbal noun of braith
2. perception, feeling, detection
3. spying, betrayal
4. expectation, intention; dependence, reliance (with ar (“on”))

   Tá mé ag brath ort.

   I’m relying on you.

Declension

Verbal noun:

Declension of brath

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brath Vocative a bhrath Genitive braite Dative brath

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an brath Genitive an bhraite Dative leis an mbrath don bhrath

Substantive:

Declension of brath

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative brath Vocative a bhraith Genitive braith Dative brath

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an brath Genitive an bhraith Dative leis an mbrath don bhrath

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Mullen, Alex (2013): Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean: Multilingualism and Multiple Identities in the Iron Age and Roman Periods
• Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brath, later form of mrath, mbrath (“act of betraying; treachery, betrayal; act of spying, reconnoitring; act of revealing; revelation, sign; act of depending (on); dependence, something depending (on)”), from Proto-Celtic *brātu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Noun

brath m (genitive singular bratha)

1. knowledge, notice, informing, information
2. treachery, advantage by unfair means, betraying, spying
3. treason, betrayal
4. intention, design
5. pursuit of information
6. expectation
7. opinion, idea, guess
8. mass, lump
9. lie
10. dependance

Derived terms

• aig sealbh tha brath
• gabh brath
• brath-foilleil

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “brath”, 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), “brath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Mullen, Alex (2013): Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean: Multilingualism and Multiple Identities in the Iron Age and Roman Periods
• Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN