brá
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
brá
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish brága (“captive, prisoner; hostage”), from Old Irish bráge (“neck”), from Proto-Celtic *brāgants, from the practice of holding prisoners by restraining their necks. Doublet of bráid.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brá m (genitive singular brá, nominative plural bránna)
Declension edit
Declension of brá
Derived terms edit
- brá gill (“hostage held for ransom; source of wealth”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brá | bhrá | mbrá |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 brága”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *brēwō.
Noun edit
brá f (genitive brár, plural brár)
Declension edit
Declension of brá (strong ō-stem)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: brá
- Norwegian: brå
- ⇒ Swedish: baldersbrå
References edit
- “brå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
brá