brága

See also: braga, Braga, bragă, and Bragă

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bráge (“neck”), from Proto-Celtic *brāgants. The sense “captive” derives from the phrase gaibid ar brágait (“to take captive”, literally “to take by the neck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbraːɣə/

Noun

brága f (genitive brágat, nominative plural brágait)

  1. neck, throat, gullet
  2. (by metonymy) body, person
  3. captive, prisoner, hostage

Descendants

  • Irish: brá (“captive, hostage”), bráid (“neck, throat”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: bràigh (“captive, hostage”)

Mutation

Mutation of brága
radical lenition nasalization
brága brága
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbrága

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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