English

Alternative forms

• breth, breith, brethe, braith, berth, berthe (Scotland)

Adjective

brath ‎(comparative brather or more brath, superlative brathest or most brath)

1. (Britain dialectal) Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

Synonyms

• snell

Derived terms

• brathly

Etymology 2

From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð ‎(“haste”), from bráðr ‎(“hasty”). See above.

Noun

brath ‎(uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brath, later form of mrath, mbrath ‎(“act of betraying; treachery, betrayal; act of spying, reconnoitring; act of revealing; revelation, sign; act of depending (on); dependence, something depending (on)”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠa/

Noun

brath m ‎(genitive singular as substantive braith, genitive as verbal noun braite)

1. verbal noun of braith
2. perception, feeling, detection
3. spying, betrayal
4. expectation, intention; dependence, reliance (with ar ‎(“on”))

   Tá mé ag brath ort.‎

   I’m relying on you.

Declension

Verbal noun:

Substantive:

Mutation

References

• "brath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “brath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brath, later form of mrath, mbrath ‎(“act of betraying; treachery, betrayal; act of spying, reconnoitring; act of revealing; revelation, sign; act of depending (on); dependence, something depending (on)”).

Noun

brath m ‎(genitive singular bratha)

1. knowledge, notice, informing, information
2. treachery, advantage by unfair means, betraying, spying
3. treason, betrayal
4. intention, design
5. pursuit of information
6. expectation
7. opinion, idea, guess
8. mass, lump
9. lie
10. dependance

Derived terms

• aig sealbh tha brath
• gabh brath
• brath-foilleil

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “brath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.