braig

Irish

Etymology

Noun

braig f (genitive singular braige, nominative plural braigeanna)

brag

Declension

Declension of braig (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	braig	braigeanna
vocative	a bhraig	a bhraigeanna
genitive	braige	braigeanna
dative	braig	braigeanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an bhraig	na braigeanna
genitive	na braige	na mbraigeanna
dative	leis an mbraig don bhraig	leis na braigeanna

Derived terms

braigeáil (“brag”, intransitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *braig*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
braig	bhraig	mbraig

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From bra (“good”) +‎ -ig. It has arisen because the word bra is invariable and might therefore sound a bit off in some grammatical forms, for example the definite form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²brɑːɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

braig (comparative braigare, superlative braigast)

(childish, nonstandard, very colloquial) good
Synonym: bra

Declension

Inflection of **braig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	braig	braigare	braigast
neuter singular	braigt	braigare	braigast
plural	braiga	braigare	braigast
masculine plural²	braige	braigare	braigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	braige	braigare	braigaste
all	braiga	braigare	braigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.