Brasaíl

Irish

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaˈsˠiːlʲ/

Proper noun

An Bhrasaíl f (genitive na Brasaíle)

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle)

Declension

Declension of Brasaíl

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brasaíl
Vocative	a Bhrasaíl
Genitive	Brasaíle
Dative	Brasaíl

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an Bhrasaíl
Genitive	na Brasaíle
Dative	leis an mBrasaíl don Bhrasaíl

Derived terms

Brasaíleach (“Brazilian”, adjective)
Brasaíleach m (“Brazilian”)
real na Brasaíle, réal na Brasaíle

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Brasaíl	Bhrasaíl	mBrasaíl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.