brúit

See also: bruit and brùit

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin brūtus.

Noun

brúit f

1. brute, beast

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	brúit	brúitL	brúitiH
vocative	brúit	brúitL	brúitiH
accusative	brúitN	brúitL	brúitiH
genitive	brútoH, brútaH	brútoH, brútaH	brúiteN
dative	brúitL	brúitib	brúitib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: brúid
• Scottish Gaelic: brùid

Mutation

Mutation of brúit

radical	lenition	nasalization
brúit	brúit pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbrúit

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brúit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language