bratt
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old West Norse brattr, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).
Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).
Adjective
editbratt (neuter singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattere, indefinite superlative brattest, definite superlative bratteste)
Adverb
editbratt
References
edit- “bratt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old West Norse brattr, of uncertain origin, but possibly ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰren- (“project”). Related to Old English brant (“steep”) and Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”). Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).
Adjective
editbratt (indefinite singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattare, indefinite superlative brattast, definite superlative brattaste)
Adverb
editbratt
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “bratt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbratt m
Descendants
edit- English: brat
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bratt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *brattos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbratt m (genitive braitt, nominative plural braitt)
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | bratt | brattL | braittL |
Vocative | braitt | brattL | brattuH |
Accusative | brattN | brattL | brattuH |
Genitive | braittL | bratt | brattN |
Dative | brutL, brotL | brattaib | brattaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
edit- Irish: brat
- Manx: brat
- Scottish Gaelic: brat
- → Welsh: brat
- → Old English: bratt
- >? English: brat (“cloth, apron”)
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bratt | bratt pronounced with / |
mbratt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bratt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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