bráid

See also: braid

Irish

Alternative forms

brágha (archaic)
brághaid (superseded)

Etymology

Originally the dative of brá (now specialized in the meaning “hostage, prisoner”), from Middle Irish brága, from Old Irish bráge, from Proto-Celtic *brāgants.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɑːdʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaːdʲ/

Noun

bráid f (genitive singular brád, nominative plural bráide)

(obsolete except in fixed expressions) neck, throat
Synonyms: muineál, scornach
(cooking) target (neck and breast joints of lamb)

Declension

Declension of bráid

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bráid	bráide
Vocative	a bhráid	a bhráide
Genitive	brád	bráide
Dative	bráid	bráide

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhráid	na bráide
Genitive	na brád	na mbráide
Dative	leis an mbráid don bhráid	leis na bráide

Derived terms

bráisléad brád (“necklace”)
branra brád (“collarbone, clavicle”)
brat brád (“neckerchief”)
cait bhrád (“scrofula”)
ciarsúr brád (“neckerchief”)
dealbh bhrád (“bust”)
easpa bhrád (“scrofula”)
faoi bhráid (“before”)
gad brád (“scrofula”)
iall bhrád (“martingale”)
slabhra brád (“chain necklace”)
thar bráid (“past”)
úll na brád (“Adam's apple”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bráid	bhráid	mbráid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“bráid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 brága”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bráġa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 79
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bráid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58

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