Noun: brasa
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Euelo ami uno de los ſeraphin en ſue mano braſa q̃ con las tenazas p̃ſo del altar etannio ſobre mi boca (Then one of the seraphim flew to me; in his hand a live coal he had taken from the altar with tongs, and he touched it on my mouth) [c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 56r. col. 1:]
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en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampades (the appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches) [c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v. col. 1.:]
Nouns inflected like brasa
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French brese (“glowing charcoal”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from a Proto-Germanic root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”). However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).
Verbs referencing "brasa"
Old Portuguese Nouns
brasa, Spanish Nouns
brasa.
Translations