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Word "flag" in Irish
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bratach
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Word " bratach "
- Word:
- bratach
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *brataq
- Noun class:
- ♀ (feminine)
- Meaning:
- 
	flag
- Identicals:
- 1
	other wordform
 External links:
Irish, Manx and Scots Gaelic 
share common word-initial mutation features. 
Welsh, Cornish and Breton also 
have them but they differ slightly in the details.
 
Anyhow, lets take the Irish word for "flag" 
in its base form, "bratach". Irish has 4 cases 
(nominative, genitive, vocative, prepositional) and 2 numbers 
(singular and plural), so heres the breakdown of 
"bratach" (a feminine noun in Irish) with 
the definite article "an" (singular) and 
"na" (plural):
There you have all the forms of "bratach" for Irish (even 
"an" changes in the genitive case!). For more detail (or 
confusion!) on Irish mutations, Wikipedia has a 
detailed 
article.
Brian Ellis, 26 Oct 2007
Word " brataí "
- Word:
- brataí
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- genitive 
of "bratach"
Word " mbratach "
- Word:
- mbratach
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- locative 
of "bratach"
 Remarks:
- also the plural of "brataí"
Word " bhratach "
- Word:
- bhratach
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- non-paradigmatic nominative 
of "bratach"
- Identicals:
- 1
	other wordform
Word " bhratach "
- Word:
- bhratach
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- vocative 
of "bratach"
- Identicals:
- 1
	other wordform
Word " ᚛ᚁᚏᚐᚈᚐᚊ᚜ "
- Word:
- ᚛ᚁᚏᚐᚈᚐᚊ᚜
- Transliteration:
- brataq
- Script:
- Ogham
- Variant:
- historical/residual form 
of "bratach"
- Identicals:
- 1
	other wordform
Word " bꞃaꞇaċ "
- Word:
- bꞃaꞇaċ
- Script:
- Latin (Gaelic variant)
- Variant:
- historical/residual form 
of "bratach"
- Identicals:
- 1
	other wordform
Word " bratacha "
- Word:
- bratacha
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural 
of "bhratach"
 Remarks:
- also the plural of "mbratach"
Word " ḃꞃaꞇaċ "
- Word:
- ḃꞃaꞇaċ
- Script:
- Latin (Gaelic variant)
- Variant:
- historical/residual form 
of "bhratach"
Word " bꞃaꞇaċa "
- Word:
- bꞃaꞇaċa
- Script:
- Latin (Gaelic variant)
- Variant:
- historical/residual form 
of "bratacha"
Word " bhratacha "
- Word:
- bhratacha
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural 
of "bhratach"
Word " ḃꞃaꞇaċa "
- Word:
- ḃꞃaꞇaċa
- Script:
- Latin (Gaelic variant)
- Variant:
- historical/residual form 
of "bhratacha"
Word " mbꞃaꞇaċ "
- Word:
- mbꞃaꞇaċ
- Script:
- Latin (Gaelic variant)
- Variant:
- historical/residual form 
of "mbratach"
Word " méirge "
- Word:
- méirge
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *merg-
- Meaning:
- 
	standard
Word " méirgi "
- Word:
- méirgi
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural 
of "méirge"
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