different between brath vs brah

English

Alternative forms

• breth, breith, brethe, braith, berth, berthe (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English brath, broth, braith, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *br?þaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r?-, *b?er?- (“steam, vapour”), from *b?er- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður (“quick, hasty, excited”), Swedish bråd (“hasty, sudden, urgent”), Danish bråd (“hasty, sudden”). Related to breath, brew.

Adjective

brath (comparative brather or more brath, superlative brathest or most brath)

1. (Britain dialectal) Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

Synonyms

• snell

Derived terms

• brathly

Etymology 2

From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above.

Noun

brath (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.

Anagrams

• Barth, barth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brath, later form of mrath, mbrath (“act of betraying; treachery, betrayal; act of spying, reconnoitring; act of revealing; revelation, sign; act of depending (on); dependence, something depending (on)”), from Proto-Celtic *br?tu, from Proto-Indo-European *g?erH-.

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /b???a/

Noun

brath m (genitive singular as substantive braith, genitive as verbal noun braite)

1. verbal noun of braith
2. perception, feeling, detection
3. spying, betrayal
4. expectation, intention; dependence, reliance (with ar (“on”))

Declension

Verbal noun:

Substantive:

Mutation

References

• "brath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “brath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Mullen, Alex (2013): Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean: Multilingualism and Multiple Identities in the Iron Age and Roman Periods
• Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brath, later form of mrath, mbrath (“act of betraying; treachery, betrayal; act of spying, reconnoitring; act of revealing; revelation, sign; act of depending (on); dependence, something depending (on)”), from Proto-Celtic *br?tu, from Proto-Indo-European *g?erH-.

Noun

brath m (genitive singular bratha)

1. knowledge, notice, informing, information
2. treachery, advantage by unfair means, betraying, spying
3. treason, betrayal
4. intention, design
5. pursuit of information
6. expectation
7. opinion, idea, guess
8. mass, lump
9. lie
10. dependance

Derived terms

• aig sealbh tha brath
• gabh brath
• brath-foilleil

Mutation

References

• “brath” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “brath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Mullen, Alex (2013): Southern Gaul and the Mediterranean: Multilingualism and Multiple Identities in the Iron Age and Roman Periods
• Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *brasdu- (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?resd?-, from *b?ers- (“tip, point”). Related to Old Norse broddr.

Noun

brath m (plural brathau)

1. bite, sting, stab
2. wound, injury

Derived terms

• brathu

Mutation

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “brath”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Alternative forms

• bra, bro, bruh

Noun

brah (plural brahs)

1. Alternative spelling of bra (“brother, friend”).
   • 2005, Kem Nunn, Tapping the Source:

     Hey, brah, do me a favor. Don't lay your guilt trip on me. Why didn't you tell her?

Anagrams

• Bahr., Harb, h bar, h-bar, hbar

Alak

Noun

brah

1. (Harak) sky

Alternative forms

• prah (Alak)

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English brother.

Noun

brah

1. male friend, bro