brach

See also: Brach

English

Etymology 1

Originally in plural, from Old French brachez, plural of brachet, a diminutive of Occitan brac, from Frankish. Cognate to the German Bracke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹæt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

brach (plural brachs or braches)

  1. (archaic) A hound; especially a female hound used for hunting, a bitch hound.
    • ca. 1604-1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, 1, 4, 109-111.
      FOOL: Truth's a dog that must to kennel; he must be whipped out, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.
    • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, First Folio (1623), III.6:
      Mastiffe, Grey-hound, Mongrill, Grim, / Hound or Spaniell, Brache, or Hym […].
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , NYRB 2001, vol.1 p.331:
      A sow-pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown, “would miraculously hunt all manner of deer, and that as well, or rather better than any ordinary hound.”
  2. (archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman.
Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Shortening of brachiopod.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Noun

brach (plural brachs)

  1. (paleontology, informal) brachiopod

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbrax]

Noun

brach m

  1. (colloquial) bro
  2. (colloquial) guy

Further reading
  • brach in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • brach in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʀaːx/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

brach

  1. First-person singular preterite of brechen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of brechen.

Adjective

brach (not comparable)

  1. fallow

Declension
Declension of brach
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist brach sie ist brach es ist brach sie sind brach
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bracher brache braches brache
genitive brachen bracher brachen bracher
dative brachem bracher brachem brachen
accusative brachen brache braches brache
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der brache die brache das brache die brachen
genitive des brachen der brachen des brachen der brachen
dative dem brachen der brachen dem brachen den brachen
accusative den brachen die brache das brache die brachen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein bracher eine brache ein braches (keine) brachen
genitive eines brachen einer brachen eines brachen (keiner) brachen
dative einem brachen einer brachen einem brachen (keinen) brachen
accusative einen brachen eine brache ein braches (keine) brachen

Irish

Noun

brach m (genitive singular bracha)

  1. pus
  2. discharge from eyes during sleep
Declension
Declension of brach

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative brach
Vocative a bhrach
Genitive bracha
Dative brach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an brach
Genitive an bhracha
Dative leis an mbrach

don bhrach

Derived terms
  • brachaí (“bleary”, adjective) (of eyes)
  • brachshúileach (“blear-eyed”, adjective)

Noun

brach f (genitive singular braiche)

  1. Alternative form of braich (“malt”)
Declension
Declension of brach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative brach
Vocative a bhrach
Genitive braiche
Dative brach

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhrach
Genitive na braiche
Dative leis an mbrach

don bhrach

Verb

brach (present analytic brachann, future analytic brachfaidh, verbal noun brachadh, past participle brachta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of braich (“malt”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present brachaim brachann tú;
brachair†		 brachann sé, sí brachaimid brachann sibh brachann siad;
brachaid†		 a bhrachann; a bhrachas /
a mbrachann*; a mbrachas*		 brachtar
past bhrach mé; bhrachas bhrach tú; bhrachais bhrach sé, sí bhrachamar; bhrach muid bhrach sibh; bhrachabhair bhrach siad; bhrachadar a bhrach /
ar bhrach*		 brachadh
past habitual bhrachainn bhrachtá bhrachadh sé, sí bhrachaimis; bhrachadh muid bhrachadh sibh bhrachaidís; bhrachadh siad a bhrachadh /
ar bhrachadh*		 bhrachtaí
future brachfaidh mé;
brachfad		 brachfaidh tú;
brachfair†		 brachfaidh sé, sí brachfaimid;
brachfaidh muid		 brachfaidh sibh brachfaidh siad;
brachfaid†		 a bhrachfaidh; a bhrachfas /
a mbrachfaidh*; a mbrachfas*		 brachfar
conditional bhrachfainn / mbrachfainn‡‡ bhrachfá / mbrachfᇇ bhrachfadh sé, sí / mbrachfadh sé, s퇇 bhrachfaimis; bhrachfadh muid / mbrachfaimis‡‡; mbrachfadh muid‡‡ bhrachfadh sibh / mbrachfadh sibh‡‡ bhrachfaidís; bhrachfadh siad / mbrachfaidís‡‡; mbrachfadh siad‡‡ a bhrachfadh /
ar bhrachfadh*		 bhrachfaí / mbrachfa퇇
subjunctive present go mbracha mé;
go mbrachad†		 go mbracha tú;
go mbrachair†		 go mbracha sé, sí go mbrachaimid;
go mbracha muid		 go mbracha sibh go mbracha siad;
go mbrachaid†		 — go mbrachtar
past dá mbrachainn dá mbrachtá dá mbrachadh sé, sí dá mbrachaimis;
dá mbrachadh muid		 dá mbrachadh sibh dá mbrachaidís;
dá mbrachadh siad		 — dá mbrachtaí
imperative brachaim brach brachadh sé, sí brachaimis brachaigí;
brachaidh†		 brachaidís — brachtar
verbal noun brachadh
past participle brachta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brach bhrach mbrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

From brat (“brother”) +‎ -ch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brax/

Noun

brach m pers

  1. (colloquial) a male comrade or friend; bro

Declension
declension of brach
singular plural
nominative brach brachy
genitive bracha brachów
dative brachowi brachom
accusative bracha brachów
instrumental brachem brachami
locative brachu brachach
vocative brachu brachy
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