bráthair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bráthair (“brother”), from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

bráthair m (genitive singular bráthar, nominative plural bráithre)

  1. (religion) brother (male fellow member of a religious community)
  2. monkfish, angelfish

Declension
Declension of bráthair

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bráthair bráithre
Vocative a bhráthair a bhráithre
Genitive bráthar bráithre
Dative bráthair bráithre

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bráthair na bráithre
Genitive an bhráthar na mbráithre
Dative leis an mbráthair

don bhráthair

 leis na bráithre

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bráthair bhráthair mbráthair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbraːθirʲ/

Noun

bráthair m (genitive bráthar, nominative plural bráithir)

  1. brother, cousin, kinsman

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bráthair bráthair
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbráthair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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