bráth

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See also: bráð and brath

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bráth m (genitive brátha)

  1. (Christianity) the Last Judgement, doomsday

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: bráth

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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