bràthair

See also: brathair and bráthair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Noun

bràthair m (genitive singular bràthar, plural bràithrean)

1. brother, male sibling

   Tha am bràthair aig Seumas aig am bùth. ― James' brother is at the shop.

Declension

Declension of bràthair (type Vb masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bràthair	bràithrean
Genitive	bràthar	bhràithrean
Dative	bràthair	bràithrean
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(am) bràthair	(na) bràithrean
Genitive	(a') bhràthar	(nam) bràithrean
Dative	(a') bhràthair	(na) bràithrean
Vocative	(a) bhràthair	(a) bhràithrean

Derived terms

• bràithreil (“brotherly”)
• bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
• bràthair-athar m (“paternal uncle”)
• bràthair-cèile m (“brother-in-law”)
• bràthair-màthar m (“maternal uncle”)
• comh-bhràthaireil (“fraternal”)
• leth-bhràthair m (“half-brother”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bràthair”, 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), “bráthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language