cait bhrád

Irish

Etymology

From cait (plural of cat (“cat”)) +‎ brád (genitive singular of bráid (“neck”)), thus literally “cats of the neck”. Alteration, possibly by folk etymology, of gaid bhrád, plural of synonymous gad brád (literally “withe of the neck”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɪtʲ ˈwɾˠaːdʲ/

Noun

cait bhrád m pl (genitive plural cat brád)

1. (pathology) scrofula

   Synonyms: easpa brád, gad brád

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cait bhrád	chait bhrád	gcait bhrád
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• 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