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brágae

brágae

Old Irish

Noun

brágae ?

(anatomy) neck, throat, gullet
(by metonymy) body, person

Inflection

Unknown gender t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Noun

brágae f

captive, prisoner; hostage

Inflection

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Descendants

Irish: brá ‎(“captive, hostage”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
brágae	brágae pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbrágae
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.