bruth

See also: bruþ and bruth-

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bˠɾˠʊ(h)/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɞh/, /bˠɾˠɯh/[1]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /bˠɾˠuː/[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bruth,[3] from Proto-Celtic *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.[4]

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

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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “bruth” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bruth” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish
FWOTD – 27 February 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.[1]

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
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Further reading
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