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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English bras, from Old English bræs, of uncertain origin. Compare Irish prás.
Pronunciation
Noun
pràis m (genitive singular pràise, plural pràisean)
- brass
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| pràis |
phràis
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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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References
MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pràis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN