brath
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Yet Trueth, if Caitiues brath might call thee this, / Witnes with mee, that I fowle ſtumbling fell: / From careleſnes did in no manner growe, / But wit confuſd with too much care did miſſe."
- "It is powerfull in helping extenuat and leane perſons who are troubled with difficultie of drawing their Brath: gives vigour and ſtrength to vithered and debilitat members; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English brath, broth, braith, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður (“quick, hasty, excited”), Swedish bråd (“hasty, sudden, urgent”), Danish bråd (“hasty, sudden”). Related to breath, brew.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: brath, bráðr, *brēþaz, *bʰrē-, bráð
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- Obsolete
Inflected Forms
brather (comparative)
more brath (comparative)
brathest (superlative)
most brath (superlative)
breth (alternative, Scotland)
breith (alternative, Scotland)
brethe (alternative, Scotland)
braith (alternative, Scotland)
berth (alternative, Scotland)
berthe (alternative, Scotland)
braths (plural)