Brasaíl

Irish

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠaˈsˠiːlʲ/

Proper noun

An Bhrasaíl f (genitive na Brasaíle)

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhmitheach na Brasaíle)

Declension

Declension of Brasaíl (second declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	Brasaíl
vocative	a Bhrasaíl
genitive	Brasaíle
dative	Brasaíl

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an Bhrasaíl
genitive	na Brasaíle
dative	leis an mBrasaíl don Bhrasaíl

Derived terms

Brasaíleach (“Brazilian”, adjective)
Brasaíleach m (“Brazilian”)
real na Brasaíle, réal na Brasaíle

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Brasaíl*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Brasaíl	Bhrasaíl	mBrasaíl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.