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
Declension of Brasaíl
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Brasaíleach (“Brazilian”, adjective)
- Brasaíleach m (“Brazilian”)
- real na Brasaíle, réal na Brasaíle
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Brasaíl | Bhrasaíl | mBrasaíl |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Entries containing “Brasaíl” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Bhrasaíl” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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