brách

See also: brach and Brach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɑːx/[1], /bˠɾˠaːx/[2]

Etymology 1

From bráth (“(day of) judgment”) +‎ -ach.

Alternative forms

Adjective

brách (genitive singular feminine bráiche, plural brácha, not comparable)

  1. eternal
Declension
Declension of brách
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative brách bhrách brácha;
bhrácha2
vocative bhrách brácha
genitive bráiche brácha brách
dative brách;
bhrách1 		bhrách brácha;
bhrácha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Further reading

Etymology 2

See go brách.

Noun

brách

  1. only used in go brách

Mutation

Mutated forms of brách
radical lenition eclipsis
brách bhrách mbrách

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 216
  3. ^ “brách”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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