Brasaíl

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Irish

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠɾˠaˈsˠiːlʲ/

Proper noun

An Bhrasaíl f (genitive na Brasaíle)

  1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle)

Declension

Declension of Brasaíl (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Brasaíl
vocative a Bhrasaíl
genitive Brasaíle
dative Brasaíl
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Bhrasaíl
genitive na Brasaíle
dative leis an mBrasaíl
don Bhrasaíl

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Brasaíl
radical lenition eclipsis
Brasaíl Bhrasaíl mBrasaíl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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