braich

From Middle Irish braich,^[1] from Old Irish mraich,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrakis. Cognate with Welsh brag.

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠa/^[3]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaiç/^[4]

braich f (genitive singular braiche or bracha)

1. malt
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49:

     hug mē māl̄ə brȧ ō n mŭiĺn̥̄ əńú.

     [Thug mé mála braiche ón muileann inniu.]

     I brought a bag of malt from the mill today.

As second-declension noun:

As third-declension noun:

• braichlis (“wort”)
• braicheadóir (“maltster”)
• braichleann (“malt liquor”)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braiċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Middle Irish braich,^[1] from Old Irish mraich,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrakis.

• IPA^(key): /pɾaç/

braich f (genitive singular bracha)

1. malt

From Middle Welsh breich, from Proto-Brythonic *brėx, from Latin bracchium. Compare Cornish bregh, Breton brec'h.

This is one of a number of nouns that were masculine in Middle Welsh but became feminine in Modern Welsh; others include chwedl, damwain, dinas, and grudd.

• IPA^(key): /brai̯χ/
• Rhymes: -ai̯χ

braich f (plural breichiau)

1. arm

• breichwellt (“tor-grass”)
• gwäell y fraich (“radius of the forearm”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braich”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies