brathaire

Irish

Etymology

From braith (“betray”, verb) +‎ -aire.

Noun

brathaire m (genitive singular brathaire, nominative plural brathairí)

1. Alternative form of brathadóir

Declension

Declension of brathaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative brathaire brathairí vocative a bhrathaire a bhrathairí genitive brathaire brathairí dative brathaire brathairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an brathaire na brathairí genitive an bhrathaire na mbrathairí dative leis an mbrathaire don bhrathaire leis na brathairí

Derived terms

• brathaire sceithe (“leak-detector”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brathaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brathaire	bhrathaire	mbrathaire

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) “brathadóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “brathaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm