Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish bráithremail (brotherly), equivalent to bràthair (brother) +‎ -eil.

Adjective

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bràithreil (genitive singular masculine bràithreil, genitive singular feminine bràithreile, nominative plural bràithreile, comparative bràithreile)

  1. brotherly
  2. affectionate

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bràithreil bhràithreil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bràithreil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language