Brasaíl

== Irish == === Etymology === From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bˠɾˠaˈsˠiːlʲ/ === Proper noun === An Bhrasaíl f (genitive na Brasaíle) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “Brasaíl”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “Bhrasaíl”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026