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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ðrā, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰrom (“instrumental suffix”), or possibly in some cases from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom with subsequent dissimilation of l...l to l...r in Italic. Almost always preceded somewhere in the same word by /l/ or /r/; scatebra is an exception to this generalization.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-bra f (genitive -brae); first declension
- Noun suffix denoting instrument.
- Noun suffix denoting vessel or place.
- Noun suffix denoting person. (rare)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Suffix
-bra
- nominative neuter plural of -brum
- accusative neuter plural of -brum
- vocative neuter plural of -brum
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