bráth

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See also: bráð, and brath

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brātus (“judgement”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bráth m (genitive brátha)

  1. (Christianity) the Last Judgement, doomsday

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bráth — —
Vocative bráth — —
Accusative bráthN — —
Genitive bráthoH, bráthaH — —
Dative bráthL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bráth

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bráth bráth
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbráth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

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