adj
o, ā. Of persons forward, boastful, defiant. In other
contexts more vaguely great, forceful, violent, etc. Of sounds
strident:
a piana it brassa,
Fél.² Prol. 75.
no sirfed in Cú in
m[b]ith mb.¤
,
LU 3554
(
SCC 29
).
brogach, b.¤ / tir . . .,
SR 977.
lasaid fót fondbras (sic leg.) . . . fóa cruib (rhet.),
LU 8661
(
FB 49
). do barr bude brass `your thick yellow hair',
TBC-LL²
3474
. Nombith (pl.) brais
fierce (?) N.,
Auraic. 2537.
siriti b.¤
birda (Medb of Cú Chulainn),
TBC-I¹ 1706.
brassa airnadma
`quick to engage',
Tec. Corm. § 16.26
. re dainibh bhrasa
= cum . . . procacibus,
ITS xxix 130.26
. Of voice, etc.:
b.¤
gac greadhanglór,
LL 395a9
(
Metr. Gl. 9. 6
). fogur b.¤ a
gotha `strident sound',
TTebe 2011
. Cf.
fogur bres,
2607
,
3995
. glór b.¤
`loud voice',
Dán Dé xxix 5
.
co cáintech b.¤
,
ZCP vi 271.24
. an gealladh b.¤
`rash promise',
Aithd. D. 7.22
.
Often alliterating or otherwise metrically fixed with
resulting reduction in real meaning:
cethri chet bliadna
brassa . . .,
LL 2654.
mar ḟúarus a mbunad mbrass, / a
ndúalus, a ndind-ṡenchas `their high origin',
Metr. Dinds. iii
284.7
.
a Tur Bregoin brais,
LL 989.
buidne brasa `eager
hosts',
Ériu iv 138.13
.
dreach bh.¤
,
DDána 73.26
. tré
breithir mbrais `
boastful
',
Lism. L. 2121.
Note:
do-raduis ór ar shōrt sdāin bhrais,
O'R. Poems 3237
(perh. Engl. brass
, Gloss.).
Compar. as superl. is tú is brassi for domon `you are the
most boastful man on earth',
TBC-LL² 2995
.
As adv.
iar mbeim cluig cailleach co b.¤
,
Anecd. i 51.12
.
As subst. tíagait ria ríagaib in braiss mórmenmnaig (rhet.),
LU 5472
(TBC). éslessach cech brass `every big talker is
neglectful',
Tec. Corm. § 15.27
.
a bhrais bhréagaigh,
DDána
50.13
.
b.¤ .i. brég,
O'Cl.
In chevilles:
bladmar, brass,
SR 29.
ní bág b.¤
`no rash
boast',
Metr. Dinds. iii 78.7
.
nī brīathar b.¤
,
ZCP viii 119 § 43.
Compds. With noun :
būadach brasgein,
Ält. Ir. Dicht. i
42 § 43.
With adjj.
Congalach cond mBregh mbrasglan,
AFM ii 652.21
.
ceann an mharcshluaigh bhrasluaith bhíodhgtha,
Hackett xxxix 116
. brasach .i. bras-ōach .i. ōa mōra
let[h]na le with large ears,
O'Mulc. 190.
badhgaire brasráitteach,
TSh. 1720.
a treide ṁban ṁbrassalach shamelessly
lewd (of wives of the Tromdám),
LL 3439.
is de atá scél Sceóil
ar bá brasscelach side a great storyteller (?),
LU 10146.