brù

See also: bru, BRU, and brú

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish brú, from Proto-Celtic *brusū.

Noun

brù f (dative singular broinn, genitive singular bronn, plural brùthan)

1. belly
2. stomach
3. womb

Declension

Declension of brù (type Vc feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	brù	brùthan
genitive	bronn	bhronn
dative	broinn	bronnaibh
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') bhrù	(na) brùthan
genitive	(na) bronn	(nam) bronn
dative	(a') bhroinn	(na) bronnaibh
vocative	bhrù	bhrùtha

Synonyms

• (belly): balg
• (womb): machlag

Derived terms

• am broinn (“inside, within”)
• brù-dhearg (“robin”)
• brù-gheal (“wheatear”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of brù

radical	lenition
brù	bhrù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.