braighdeanas

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bráigdenas (hostageship, captivity), from brága (captive, prisoner; hostage) (compare modern brá).

Noun

braighdeanas m (genitive singular braighdeanais)

  1. captivity, bondage, confinement, imprisonment
  2. duress

Declension

Declension of braighdeanas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative braighdeanas
vocative a bhraighdeanais
genitive braighdeanais
dative braighdeanas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an braighdeanas
genitive an bhraighdeanais
dative leis an mbraighdeanas
don bhraighdeanas

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of braighdeanas
radical lenition eclipsis
braighdeanas bhraighdeanas mbraighdeanas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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