brazil

See also: Brazil

English

brazil (plural brazils)

(obsolete) A red-orange dye obtained from brazil wood. [14th–17th c.]
- 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva sylvarum:
  A small Quantity of Saffron will Tinct more then a very great Quantity of Brasil.
The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe Caesalpinieae; originally sappan (Biancaea sappan), of the East Indies, and later brazilwood, Paubrasilia echinata. [from 15th c.]
- 1863, Thomas Blundeville, Exercises:
  The Prouince Brasilia tooke his name of the woode called Brasill.
- 1886, Francis Quarles, Emblems:
  Thou know'st my brittle temper's prone to break.
  Are my bones brazil or my flesh of oak?
- 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 198:
  [P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.
A Brazil nut.
I picked up a handful of brazils from the bowl.
A seam of coal containing iron pyrites

brazil (not comparable)

brazil (plural brazilok)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	brazil	brazilok
accusative	brazilt	brazilokat
dative	brazilnak	braziloknak
instrumental	brazillal	brazilokkal
causal-final	brazilért	brazilokért
translative	brazillá	brazilokká
terminative	brazilig	brazilokig
essive-formal	brazilként	brazilokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	brazilban	brazilokban
superessive	brazilon	brazilokon
adessive	brazilnál	braziloknál
illative	brazilba	brazilokba
sublative	brazilra	brazilokra
allative	brazilhoz	brazilokhoz
elative	brazilból	brazilokból
delative	brazilról	brazilokról
ablative	braziltól	braziloktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	brazilé	braziloké
non-attributive possessive - plural	braziléi	brazilokéi