Brasaíl
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
An Bhrasaíl f (genitive na Brasaíle)
- Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle)
Declension edit
Declension of Brasaíl
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- Brasaíleach (“Brazilian”, adjective)
- Brasaíleach m (“Brazilian”)
- real na Brasaíle, réal na Brasaíle
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Brasaíl | Bhrasaíl | mBrasaíl |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “Brasaíl” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Bhrasaíl” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.