bruach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bruach, from brú (“edge, brink, bank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠuəx/

Noun

bruach m (genitive singular bruaigh, nominative plural bruacha)

1. bank (edge of river, lake, or other watercourse), brink
2. swollen edge

Declension

Declension of bruach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bruach bruacha Vocative a bhruaigh a bhruacha Genitive bruaigh bruach Dative bruach bruacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bruach na bruacha Genitive an bhruaigh na mbruach Dative leis an mbruach don bhruach leis na bruacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bruach	bhruach	mbruach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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Old Irish

Etymology

brú +‎ -ach

Noun

bruach n

1. edge, brink
2. margin, border
3. bank, shore

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: bruach
• Manx: broogh
• Scottish Gaelic: bruach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bruach, from brú (“edge, brink, bank”)

Noun

bruach f (genitive singular bruaiche, plural bruachan)

1. bank (of lake or river)
2. brink, border, edge, brim