brá – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of brá

Noun: brá

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativebrá
Singular Genitivebrá
Plural Nominativebránna
Plural Genitivebránna

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean brá
Singular Genitivean bhrá
Plural Nominativena bránna
Plural Genitivena mbránna

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like brá

aerscriú, aililiú, aló, ardbhrú, bambú, banscriú, bodchú, breo, brá, bú, cangarú, cinceasú, ciú, cocatú, conbhua, coslia, crua-ae, cuandú, cuirfiú, dearbhchló, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

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.

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