braighdeanas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bráigdenas (“hostageship, captivity”), from brága (“captive, prisoner; hostage”) (compare modern brá).

Noun

braighdeanas m (genitive singular braighdeanais)

  1. captivity, bondage, confinement, imprisonment
  2. duress

Declension

Declension of braighdeanas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative braighdeanas
vocative a bhraighdeanais
genitive braighdeanais
dative braighdeanas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an braighdeanas
genitive an bhraighdeanais
dative leis an mbraighdeanas
don bhraighdeanas

Derived terms

  • braighdeanas aonair (“solitary confinement”)
  • braighdeanas baile (“house arrest”)
  • braighdeanach m (“captive, prisoner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of braighdeanas
radical lenition eclipsis
braighdeanas bhraighdeanas mbraighdeanas

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

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