# braich
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish braich, from Old Irish mraich, from Proto-Celtic *mrakis. Cognate with Welsh brag.

### Pronunciation

* (Aran) IPA: /bˠɾˠa/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠɾˠaiç/

### Noun

braich f (genitive singular braiche or bracha)
* malt
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49:hug mē māl̄ə brȧ ō n mŭiĺn̥̄ əńú.[Thug mé mála braiche ón muileann inniu.]I brought a bag of malt from the mill today.

#### Declension

As second-declension noun:
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
braich
vocative
a bhraich
genitive
braiche
dative
braich
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bhraich
genitive
na braiche
dative
leis an mbraich don bhraich :
As third-declension noun:
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
braich
vocative
a bhraich
genitive
bracha
dative
braich
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bhraich
genitive
na bracha
dative
leis an mbraich don bhraich :

#### Derived terms

* braichlis (“wort”)
* braicheadóir (“maltster”)
* braichleann (“malt liquor”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “braich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mraich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 49
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “braiċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 80
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braich”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish braich, from Old Irish mraich, from Proto-Celtic *mrakis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾaç/

### Noun

braich f (genitive singular bracha)
* malt

#### Derived terms

* brailis (“wort”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “braich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mraich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh breich, from Proto-Brythonic *brėx, from Latin bracchium. Compare Cornish bregh, Breton brec'h.
This is one of a number of nouns that were masculine in Middle Welsh but became feminine in Modern Welsh; others include chwedl, damwain, dinas, and grudd.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brai̯χ/
* Rhymes: -ai̯χ

### Noun

braich f (plural breichiau)
* arm

#### Derived terms

* breichwellt (“tor-grass”)
* gwäell y fraich (“radius of the forearm”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braich”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies