bráithremail

Middle Irish

Etymology

bráthair (“brother, (male) cousin, kinsman”) +‎ -amail

Adjective

bráithremail

1. brotherly
2. consisting of brothers or members of the same kin-group

Descendants

• Irish: bráithriúil
• Manx: braaroil
• Scottish Gaelic: bràithreil

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bráithremail	bráithremail pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbráithremail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language