go brách

Irish

Alternative forms

go bráth

Etymology

Alteration of go bráth (literally “until Judgment [Day]”), from go (“until”) + bráth (“judgment, Judgment Day”), from Proto-Celtic *brātus (“judgment”); compare Welsh brawd. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gu bràth and Manx dy bragh.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbˠɾˠɑːx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbˠɾˠaːx/

Adverb

forever

Derived terms

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 33

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