n
r, m. Later with n
p. bráithre, g
p. bráthar, and k-infl.
in pl. See
GOI 214
-
215
, Stokes on g
p. form
bráthre,
KZ xxxviii 461.
b.¤
m.,
IGT Decl. § 32.
(a)
brother:
brathair . . . quasi fratair ar frater rotruaillned
ind. Frater quasi frauter eo quod fraudat ter .i. patrem et
matrem et fratrem
,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 6
,
Corm. Y 111.
b.¤
gl. frater,
Ir. Gl. 1047.
In O. Ir. gl. frater and used in both a lit. and transferred sense, see meaning (c). In later language in lit.
sense (a male being related to others as child of same parents)
replaced by derbráthair q.v. Cf. brathair glossed
dearbhráthair,
Laws iv 240.6
,
16
;
258.8
,
12
.
ingen et athir siur
et brathir,
Wb. 10b4
.
frater brathir . . . is brathir deit iar
colinn et in fide domini
,
32a15
.
far mbráthir fadisin,
4c40
.
Timotheus et bráthir in hiris gl. T. frater,
14b4
. lasin brathir
gl. fratrem meum,
10c13
.
don bráthir hiressach,
10c1
.
nertad
na mbraithre,
10c21
. ainm bráthre gl. fratres,
7d8
. ua
mbraithrib gl. a fratribus suis,
34a6
. fria mbraithrea `to their
brethren',
Ml. 100c26
. da brathir iudas ┐ ionathan
gl. Ionathan
fratrem,
75d4
. a brathir `his brothers',
Tur. 128.
amnair b.¤
máthar gl. auunculus,
Sg. 61a21
. ingen bráthar gl. neptis,
67b4
. macc bráthar athar gl. patrui patruelis,
56a2
. bráthir
athar gl. patruus,
1
.
bás bráthar Iohannis (sc. Iacob),
Fél.
July 25
.
amal sóersai Ióséph / de lámaib a bráthre
(: ma(i)thre; brathar: mathar, v.l.),
Ep. 528.
fognífi do síl
do sílaib do bráthar = . . . seminibus fratrum,
Trip.² 740.
ingen fria brathair (one of the relationships between couples
in Cáin Lánamnae),
Laws ii 344.3
. tellach brathar for araile
itir cotta (one of seven `entries' for which no díre is paid),
v 206.5
. mandras arma / brathar athar (rhet.),
LL 35337
=
athar athar,
Fing. R. 467.
is si ba hara dia brathair
(Deichtine),
LU 10564.
a brāthri
(n
p.),
ZCP viii 304.z
.
dia
braithir,
RC xxiv 176.12
. roind Conoill ┐ a bhrāithriuch and
of his brothers,
ZCP xiv 246.3
.
Domnall a fradhir, ,
AI 356 (s.a. 1253.2)
.
mar aon ré dá bhráthair a
mháthar,
Keat. ii 5523.
Fig. bladh Tuathail bhíos gan bh.¤
`is without an equal',
RC xlix 174 § 38.
(b)
kinsman, cousin; fellow-member of the same kindred-group (see
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 138
), oft. translated ` tribes-
man' in Laws. Opposed to derbráthair: la hua brathar a
athar .i. la hiarmo der[b]rathar a shenathar the grandson of
his father's cousin i.e. the great-grandson of his grand-father's
brother,
Auraic. 118.
na .u. braithri . . . sech macu a braithri
(on distribution of a woman's estate in the gelḟine) `kinsmen',
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 137.19
. finnatar . . . brathir scéo mbroga
(rhet.),
LU 3476
`kinsman and lands',
SCC² 373
(? leg. bráthirsi
mroga, Binchy, note). ro-n-ain Moedoc mainech / ar is
brathair bagach `kinsman',
Fél.² Apr. 11.
Loith .i. brathuir
Abraam `A.'s first cousin',
Maund. 55.
is brathair focus
dam-sa he `a cousin of mine',
Grail 2455
. ar id b.¤ (braithre,
v.ll.) a n-urraid dib línaib `their freemen on both sides are
akin',
Leb. Cert.² 804.
a braithri budein . . . `kinsmen',
Ann. Conn. 1238.3
.
braithricha,
1289.6
.
dochum a braithrich,
1248.5
.
d'fhios a bhráithreach,
Keat. ii 638.
(c)
brother, member of a religious community: in b.¤
(brathir, v.l.) `the brothers',
Ériu iii 100 § 24.
Rí na mb.¤
mbocht `Lord of friars',
Dán Dé iv 14
. brathair minur
`a Friar Minor',
Ann. Conn. 1244.11
. esaonta . . . eittir
braithribh Dúin na nGall ┐ na manaigh `the friars
',
AFM vi
2046.5
. bráithre . . . Oird San-Froinsiais `
Franciscans
',
Donlevy xxi 21.
bráithre túata = lay Brothers,
RSClára 89a
.
(d) Gramm. word of similar declension: a mbráithri .fer.
(bráithreagha .fer. comha, v.l.) masculine words similarly
declined,
IGT Decl. § 2 (39.1)
. b.¤ dísbegaid
masculine
diminutive:
b.¤ dísbeagaidh cnoc no cnocán, slat no slatán,
no a leithéid eile,
IGT Introd. § 114 (27.33)
. See immarbág,
imdugud, siur.
Compds.
dochum a brātharfinne,
BColm. 84.11
. bráthar-marbthach gl. fratricida,
Ir. Gl. 319.