brabach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

brabach m (genitive singular brabaigh, nominative plural brabaigh)

1. gain, profit, return
2. benefit, advantage
3. surplus

Declension

Declension of brabach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brabach brabaigh vocative a bhrabaigh a bhrabacha genitive brabaigh brabach dative brabach brabaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brabach na brabaigh genitive an bhrabaigh na mbrabach dative leis an mbrabach don bhrabach leis na brabaigh

Synonyms

• (profit, advantage): brabús, sochar
• (profit): gnóthachan, éadáil
• (advantage): bua, buntáiste

Derived terms

• brabachúil (“well-to-do”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brabach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brabach	bhrabach	mbrabach

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) “brabach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN