bráid

See also: braid

Irish

Alternative forms

• brágha (archaic)
• brághaid (superseded)

Etymology

Originally the dative of brá (now specialized in the meaning “hostage, prisoner”), from Middle Irish brága, from Old Irish bráge, from Proto-Celtic *brāgants.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɑːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaːdʲ/

Noun

bráid f (genitive singular brád, nominative plural bráide)

1. (obsolete except in fixed expressions) neck, throat

   Synonyms: muineál, scornach

2. (cooking) target (neck and breast joints of lamb)

Declension

Declension of bráid

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bráid bráide Vocative a bhráid a bhráide Genitive brád bráide Dative bráid bráide

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhráid na bráide Genitive na brád na mbráide Dative leis an mbráid don bhráid leis na bráide

Derived terms

• bráisléad brád (“necklace”)
• branra brád (“collarbone, clavicle”)
• brat brád (“neckerchief”)
• cait bhrád (“scrofula”)
• ciarsúr brád (“neckerchief”)
• dealbh bhrád (“bust”)
• easpa bhrád (“scrofula”)
• faoi bhráid (“before”)
• gad brád (“scrofula”)
• iall bhrád (“martingale”)
• slabhra brád (“chain necklace”)
• thar bráid (“past”)
• úll na brád (“Adam's apple”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bráid	bhráid	mbráid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bráid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brága”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bráġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bráid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58