brách

See also: brach and Brach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɑːx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaːx/

Etymology 1

From bráth (“(day of) judgment”) +‎ -ach.

Alternative forms

• bráthach

Adjective

brách (genitive singular feminine bráiche, plural brácha, not comparable)

1. eternal

Declension

Declension of brách

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	brách	bhrách	brácha; bhrácha2
vocative	bhrách		brácha
genitive		bráiche	brácha	brách
dative	brách; bhrách1	bhrách	brácha; bhrácha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Further reading

• “brách”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bráṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 82
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See go brách.

Noun

brách

1. Only used in go brách

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brách	bhrách	mbrách
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.