brá

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See also: BRA, bra, -bra, brà, and Brá

Icelandic

Verb

brá

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bregða

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish brága (“captive, prisoner; hostage”), from Old Irish bráge (“neck”), from Proto-Celtic *brāgants, from the practice of holding prisoners by restraining their necks. Doublet of bráid.

Pronunciation

Noun

brá m (genitive singular brá, nominative plural bránna)

  1. captive, hostage
    Synonym: giall

Declension

Declension of brá (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brá bránna
vocative a bhrá a bhránna
genitive brá bránna
dative brá bránna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an brá na bránna
genitive an bhrá na mbránna
dative leis an mbrá
don bhrá 		leis na bránna

Derived terms

  • brá gill (“hostage held for ransom; source of wealth”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brá
radical lenition eclipsis
brá bhrá mbrá

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *brēwō.

Noun

brá f (genitive brár, plural brár)

  1. eyelash
    Synonym: augabrá
Declension
  Declension of brá (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brá bráin brár brárnar
accusative brá bráina brár brárnar
dative brá bráinni brám bránum
genitive brár brárinnar brá bránna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: brá
  • Norwegian: brå
  • ⇒ Swedish: baldersbrå

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brá

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of bregða
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