fabhra

fabhra, fabhrad

abhra, eyelid, eyebrow, Irish abhra, fabhra, eyelid, Early Irish abra, n.pl. abrait, Cornish abrans, Breton abrant, eyebrow, Mac. Greek $$Ga$$'brou$$ntes; further $$Go$$'frús, brow, English brow. There is an Early Irish bra, pl. brói, dual brúad, *bruvat-. The phonetics are not clear. Stokes has suggested Latin frons, frontis, as allied, *bhront- with the prep. a(p)o (= Early Irish -a-), ab.