bráth
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *brātus (“judgement”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbr͈aːθ/
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | bráth | — | — |
| Vocative | bráth | — | — |
| Accusative | bráthN | — | — |
| Genitive | bráthoH, bráthaH | — | — |
| Dative | bráthL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: bráth
- Scottish Gaelic: bràth
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bráth | bráth pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbráth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bráth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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