Meanings
brath1
comparative brather · comparative more brath · superlative brathest · superlative most brath · alternative Scotland breth · alternative Scotland breith · alternative Scotland brethe · alternative Scotland braith · alternative Scotland berth · alternative Scotland berthe
brath2
alternative Scotland breth · alternative Scotland breith · alternative Scotland brethe · alternative Scotland braith · alternative Scotland berth · alternative Scotland berthe
brath3
plural braths · alternative Scotland breth · alternative Scotland breith · alternative Scotland brethe · alternative Scotland braith · alternative Scotland berth · alternative Scotland berthe
- countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of breath.
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; […]
1618, Patri[c]k Anderson, The Colde Spring of Kinghorne Craig […], Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, unnumbered page1 more example
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.
1591, P[hilip] S[idney], “[Sonnet 93]”, in Sir P. S. His Astrophel and Stella […], London: […] [John Danter] for Thomas Newman, →OCLC, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHasty; violent; fierce; strong.
Origin
brath · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrē-
- Proto-Germanic*brēþaz“hot, in a hurry, rushed”
- Old Norsebráðr“hasty, sudden”
- Middle Englishbrath
- Englishbrath
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.
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Full word history & related roots →brath · noun
- Old Norsebráð“haste”
- Middle Englishbrath
- Englishbrath
From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above.
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brath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brath
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