braig

Irish

Etymology

From English brag.

Noun

braig f (genitive singular braige, nominative plural braigeanna)

brag

Declension

Declension of braig

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	braig	braigeanna
Vocative	a bhraig	a bhraigeanna
Genitive	braige	braigeanna
Dative	braig	braigeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhraig	na braigeanna
Genitive	na braige	na mbraigeanna
Dative	leis an mbraig don bhraig	leis na braigeanna

Derived terms

braigeáil (“brag”, intransitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
braig	bhraig	mbraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From bra (“good”) ‎ -ig. It has arisen because the word bra is invariable and might therefore sound a bit off in some grammatical forms, for example the definite form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²brɑːɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

braig (comparative braigare, superlative braigast)

(childish, nonstandard, very colloquial) good
Synonym: bra

Declension

Inflection of braig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	braig	braigare	braigast
Neuter singular	braigt	braigare	braigast
Plural	braiga	braigare	braigast
Masculine plural³	braige	braigare	braigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	braige	braigare	braigaste
All	braiga	braigare	braigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic