bruich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bruith, from Proto-Celtic *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾuç/

Verb

bruich (past bhruich, future bruichidh, verbal noun bruicheadh or bruich, past participle bruichte)

1. to cook, to boil
   • 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 82:

     Mu dheireadh thubhairt e, "Ciod e'm biadh a tha thu 'bruich 'sa choire mhòir sin air an teine?"
     "Tha," thubhairt ise, "feòil a' bruich innte air son nan con."

     Finally he said, "What's the food that you are boiling in that big cauldron on the fire?"
     "There," she said, "is meat boiling in it for the dogs."

2. to broil

Conjugation

Adjective

bruich (comparative bruiche)

1. cooked, boiled, seethed
   • 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 26:

     An sin dh' fhosgail i làmh-anart grinn, anns an robh aran, càise, agus dà ubh bhruich air am pasgadh.

     Then she opened a fine linen handkerchief, in which bread, cheese, and two boiled eggs were wrapped.

2. roasted, toasted
3. sultry
4. ripe
5. ruddy-faced, reddened with anger or passion

Noun

bruich f

1. the act of boiling

Mutation

Derived terms

References

1. “bruich” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
2. Edward Dwelly (1911) “bruich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
3. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bruich”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 54