pràis

See also: prais, práis, and Präis

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bras, from Old English bræs, of uncertain origin. Compare Irish prás.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰɾaːʃ/

Noun

pràis m (genitive singular pràise, plural pràisean)

  1. brass
  • pràiseach (“brazen, crucible”)
  • pràisich (“braize”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
pràisphràis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “pràis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

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