bruth

See also: bruþ and bruth-

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠʊ(h)/
• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bruth, from Proto-Celtic *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

Noun

bruth m (genitive singular brutha, nominative plural bruthanna)

1. heat
2. rash, eruption
3. (textiles) nap, pile, covering

   Synonym: caitín

4. surf

Declension

Declension of bruth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bruth bruthanna Vocative a bhruth a bhruthanna Genitive brutha bruthanna Dative bruth bruthanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bruth na bruthanna Genitive an bhrutha na mbruthanna Dative leis an mbruth don bhruth leis na bruthanna

Alternative forms

• broth

Derived terms

• bruth faoi thír (“wrack”)
• bruthach (“hot, fiery; napped, fluffy”, adjective)
• bruthaire m (“hairy, unkempt, person”)
• bruthán m (“(slight) rash”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

bruth f (genitive singular as substantive bruithe, genitive as verbal noun bruite)

1. Alternative form of bruith

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bruth	bhruth	mbruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bruth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old Irish

FWOTD – 27 February 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruθ/

Noun

bruth m

1. raging, violent or boiling heat
2. blaze, (fiery) glow

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bruth	bruthL	brothae
Vocative	bruth	bruthL	brothu
Accusative	bruthN	bruthL	brothu
Genitive	brothoH, brothaH	brotho, brotha	brothaeN
Dative	bruthL	brothaib	brothaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: bruth

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bruth	bruth pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language