brà

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See also: bra, BRA, brá, Brá, and -bra

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brao (quern; millstone, grindstone); compare Irish bró.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brà f (genitive singular bràthan, plural bràthntan)

  1. quern, handmill

Declension

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “brà”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language