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, 2013-2024