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Irish

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Etymology

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From English brag.

Noun

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braig f (genitive singular braige, nominative plural braigeanna)

  1. brag

Declension

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Declension of braig (second declension)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhraig na braigeanna
genitive na braige na mbraigeanna
dative leis an mbraig
don bhraig 		leis na braigeanna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of braig
radical lenition eclipsis
braig bhraig mbraig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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braig (comparative braigare, superlative braigast)

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

Declension

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Inflection of braig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular braig braigare braigast
neuter singular braigt braigare braigast
plural braiga braigare braigast
masculine plural2 braige braigare braigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 braige braigare braigaste
all braiga braigare braigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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