brabach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brabach m (genitive singular brabaigh, nominative plural brabaigh)

1. gain, profit, return
2. benefit, advantage
3. surplus

Declension

Declension of brabach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative brabach brabaigh Vocative a bhrabaigh a bhrabacha Genitive brabaigh brabach Dative brabach brabaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an brabach na brabaigh Genitive an bhrabaigh na mbrabach Dative leis an mbrabach don bhrabach leis na brabaigh

Synonyms

• (profit, advantage): brabús, sochar
• (profit): gnóthachan, éadáil
• (advantage): bua, buntáiste

Derived terms

• brabachúil (“well-to-do”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brabach	bhrabach	mbrabach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brabach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN