bruth

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See also: bruþ and bruth-

Irish

Pronunciation

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
Derived terms

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.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 81
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 51
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 81–82

Further reading

Old Irish

FWOTD – 27 February 2017

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbruth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 81–82

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