brat cinn

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “head covering”

Noun

brat cinn m (genitive singular brait chinn, nominative plural brait chinn)

  1. kerchief (worn on the head)
    Synonyms: ciarsúr, cafarr

Mutation

Mutated forms of brat cinn
radical lenition eclipsis
brat cinn bhrat cinn mbrat cinn

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brat”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “brat cinn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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