braich
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish braich,[1] from Old Irish mraich,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrakis. Cognate with Welsh brag.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲa/
Noun
braich f (genitive singular braiche or bracha)
- malt
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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
As second-declension noun:
Declension of braich
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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As third-declension noun:
Declension of braich
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- braicheadóir
- braichleann
- braichlis
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| braich | bhraich | mbraich |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “braich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mraich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braiċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Welsh
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /brai̯χ/
- Rhymes: -ai̯χ
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| braich | fraich | mraich | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- 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
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