brà

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See also: bra, BRA, brá, Brá, and -bra

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brao (“quern; millstone, grindstone”); compare Irish bró.

Pronunciation

Noun

brà f (genitive singular bràthan, plural bràthntan)

  1. quern, handmill

Declension

Declension of brà (type Vc feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative brà bràthntan
Genitive bràthan bhràthntan
Dative brà bràthntan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') bhrà (na) bràthntan
Genitive (na) bràthan (nam) bràthntan
Dative (a') bhrà (na) bràthntan
Vocative bhrà bhràthntan

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “brà”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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