pràis

See also: prais, práis, and Präis

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bras, from Old English bræs, of uncertain origin. Compare Irish prás.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰɾaːʃ/

Noun

pràis m (genitive singular pràise, plural pràisean)

  1. brass
  • pràiseach (“brazen, crucible”)
  • pràisich (“braize”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
pràisphràis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “pràis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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