bráth

See also: bráð and brath

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbr͈aːθ/

Noun

bráth m (genitive brátha)

  1. (Christianity) the Last Judgement, doomsday

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bráth

Mutation

Mutation of bráth
radical lenition nasalization
bráth bráth
pronounced with /β-/		 mbráth

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

References

  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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