"brá" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /bˠɾˠɑː/ [Connacht, Munster], /bˠɾˠaːj/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish brága (“captive, prisoner; hostage”), from Old Irish bráge (“neck”), from Proto-Celtic *brāgants, from the practice of holding prisoners by restraining their necks. Doublet of bráid. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|brága|t=captive, prisoner; hostage}} Middle Irish brága (“captive, prisoner; hostage”), {{inh|ga|sga|bráge|t=neck}} Old Irish bráge (“neck”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*brāgants}} Proto-Celtic *brāgants, {{doublet|ga|bráid}} Doublet of bráid Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|brá|||||||nominative plural|bránna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} brá m (genitive singular brá, nominative plural bránna), {{ga-noun|m|~|~nna}} brá m (genitive singular brá, nominative plural bránna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m4|b|rá|ránna}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: brá [genitive, singular], bránna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brá [indefinite, nominative, singular], bránna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhrá [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhránna [indefinite, plural, vocative], brá [genitive, indefinite, singular], bránna [genitive, indefinite, plural], brá [dative, indefinite, singular], bránna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an brá [definite, nominative, singular], na bránna [definite, nominative, plural], an bhrá [definite, genitive, singular], na mbránna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbrá [dative, definite, singular], don bhrá [dative, definite, singular], leis na bránna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brá [mutation, mutation-radical], bhrá [lenition, mutation], mbrá [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. captive, hostage Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: giall, braighe, bráighe (english: superseded) Derived forms: brá gill (english: hostage held for ransom; source of wealth)
    Sense id: en-brá-ga-noun-l60N6gLb Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 36 46 2 16

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for brá meaning in Irish (4.6kB)

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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an mbrá",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "don bhrá",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "mbrá",
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          "hostage"
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          "word": "giall"
        },
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          "word": "braighe"
        },
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        }
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      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/bˠɾˠɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠɾˠaːj/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brá"
}

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    "Old Norse non-lemma forms",
    "Old Norse verb forms",
    "non:Face",
    "non:Hair"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "hostage held for ransom; source of wealth",
      "word": "brá gill"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "inh"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an mbrá",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "mutation"
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        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
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      "ipa": "/bˠɾˠaːj/",
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      "word": "braighe"
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      "english": "superseded",
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    }
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}

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