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Irish
Etymology
Originally the dative of brá (now specialized in the meaning “hostage, prisoner”), from Middle Irish brága, from Old Irish bráge, from Proto-Celtic *brāgants.
Pronunciation
Noun
bráid f (genitive singular brád, nominative plural bráide)
- (obsolete except in fixed expressions) neck, throat
- Synonyms: muineál, scornach
- (cooking) target (neck and breast joints of lamb)
Declension
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Mutation
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bráid
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bhráid
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mbráid
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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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Further reading
- “bráid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brága”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bráġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bráid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58