bricht

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɪçt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪçt

Verb

bricht

  1. third-person singular present of brechen

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brixtus.

Noun

bricht m

  1. charm, spell, incantation
    Synonym: epaid

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bricht brichtL brechtae
Vocative bricht brichtL brechtu
Accusative brichtN brichtL brechtu
Genitive brechtoH, brechtaH brechto, brechta brechtaeN
Dative brichtL brechtaib brechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bricht

Mutation

Mutation of bricht
radical lenition nasalization
bricht bricht
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbricht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English bright, briht, from Old English beorht (Northumbrian breht), from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.

Adjective

bricht (comparative mair bricht, superlative maist bricht)

  1. bright