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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From bráth (“(day of) judgment”) + -ach.
Adjective
brách (genitive singular feminine bráiche, plural brácha, not comparable)
- eternal
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Further reading
- “brách”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bráṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 82
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
See go brách.
Noun
brách
- Only used in go brách
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| brách
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bhrách
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mbrách
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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