bràthair

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish bráthair, from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɾaːhəð/, /ˈb̥ɾaːhað/ (Harris) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɾʲɑːhaɾʲ/ (Uist, Barra, Skye, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɾaːhiɾʲ/, /ˈb̥ɾaːhæɾʲ/, /ˈb̥ɾaːhɛɾʲ/ === Noun === bràthair m (genitive singular bràthar, plural bràithrean) brother, male sibling Tha bràthair Sheumais aig a' bhùth. ― James' brother is at the shop. ==== Declension ==== Alternative dative/vocative plural: bràithribh, bràthraibh (archaic, or, dialectal) ==== Coordinate terms ==== athair (“father”), mac (“son”), màthair (“mother”), nighean (“daughter”), piuthar (“sister”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “bràthair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bráthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language