bratt

See also: Bratt, brátt, and brått

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From 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

bratt (neuter singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattere, indefinite superlative brattest, definite superlative bratteste)

1. steep

Adverb

bratt

1. steeply

References

• “bratt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From 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

bratt (indefinite singular bratt, definite singular and plural bratte, comparative brattare, indefinite superlative brattast, definite superlative brattaste)

1. steep
2. tall (of a person)

Adverb

bratt

1. steeply

Derived terms

• brattleik m
• hoggbratt

References

• “bratt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

Old English

Etymology

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *brattos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑtt/, [brɑt]

Noun

bratt m

1. cloak

Descendants

• English: brat

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bratt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brattos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbr͈at/

Noun

bratt m (genitive braitt, nominative plural braitt)

1. cloak

   Synonym: tí

2. cloth

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	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: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: brat
• Manx: brat
• Scottish Gaelic: brat
• → Welsh: brat
• → Old English: bratt
  • >? English: brat (“cloth, apron”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bratt	bratt pronounced with /βべーた(ʲ)-/	mbratt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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