bràigh

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

(North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɾɛˑ.ə/^[1] (corresponding to the form braighe)
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɾaː.i/^[2]

Noun

bràigh m (genitive bràghad, plural bràigheachan)

top, upper part
(North Uist) neck

Declension

Declension of *bràigh* (type Vd masculine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	bràigh	bràigheachan
genitive	bràghad	bhràigheachan
dative	bràigh	bràigheachan

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) bràigh	(na) bràigheachan
genitive	(a') bhràghad	(nam) bràigheachan
dative	(a') bhràigh	(na) bràigheachan
vocative	bhràigh	bhràigheachan

Derived terms

losgadh-bràghad

References

^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

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