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brága

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See also: braga, Braga, bragă, and Bragă

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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brága f (genitive brágat, nominative plural brágait)

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

Descendants

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

Mutation

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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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