bràithreil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bráithremail (“brotherly”), equivalent to bràthair (“brother”) +‎ -eil.

Adjective

bràithreil (genitive singular masculine bràithreil, genitive singular feminine bràithreile, nominative plural bràithreile, comparative bràithreile)

  1. brotherly
  2. affectionate

Mutation

Mutation of bràithreil
radical lenition
bràithreil bhràithreil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bràithreil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráithremail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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