brága

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bráge (“neck”). The sense "captive" derives from the phrase gaibid ar brágait (“to take captive”, literally “to take by the neck”).

Noun

brága f

  1. neck, throat, gullet
  2. (by metonymy) body, person
  3. captive, prisoner, hostage

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Irish: brá (“captive, hostage”)

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
brágabrága
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		mbrága
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “1 brága” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 brága” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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