braig

Irish

Etymology

From English brag.

Noun

braig f (genitive singular braige, nominative plural braigeanna)

  1. brag

Declension
Declension of braig

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative braig braigeanna
Vocative a bhraig a bhraigeanna
Genitive braige braigeanna
Dative braig braigeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhraig na braigeanna
Genitive na braige na mbraigeanna
Dative leis an mbraig

don bhraig

 leis na braigeanna

Derived terms
  • braigeáil (“brag”, intransitive verb)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
braig bhraig mbraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Swedish

Etymology

From bra (“good”) +‎ -ig. It has arisen because the word bra is invariable and might therefore sound a bit off in some grammatical forms, for example the definite form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²brɑːɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

braig (comparative braigare, superlative braigast)

  1. (childish, nonstandard, very colloquial) good
    Synonym: bra

Declension
Inflection of braig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular braig braigare braigast
Neuter singular braigt braigare braigast
Plural braiga braigare braigast
Masculine plural3 braige braigare braigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 braige braigare braigaste
All braiga braigare braigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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