go brách

Irish

Alternative forms

• go bráth

Etymology

Alteration of go bráth (literally “until Judgment [Day]”), from go (“until”) + bráth (“judgment, Judgment Day”), from Proto-Celtic *brātus (“judgment”); compare Welsh brawd. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gu bràth and Manx dy bragh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbˠɾˠɑːx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈbˠɾˠaːx/

Adverb

go brách

1. forever

Derived terms

• as go brách le
• Éire go brách

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 33