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

• (Lewis (Ness), Barra) IPA^(key): /b̥ɾuç/, [b̥ɾʉç]
• (Lewis (Bernera)) IPA^(key): /pʰɾuç/, [pʰɾʉç]
• (Lewis (Lochs)) IPA^(key): /pʰɾiç/
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /b̥ɾʲiç/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /pʰɾiʰ/

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

Conjugation of bruich (regular)

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	bhruich mi	bhruich thu	bhruich e/i	bhruich sinn	bhruich sibh	bhruich iad	bhruicheadh
	future	bruichidh mi	bruichidh tu	bruichidh e/i	bruichidh sinn	bruichidh sibh	bruichidh iad	bruichear bruichtear
	conditional	bhruichinn	bhruicheadh tu	bhruicheadh e/i	bhruicheamaid bhruicheadh sinn	bhruicheadh sibh	bhruicheadh iad	bhruichteadh bhruichist1 bhruichiste1
negative	past	cha do bhruich mi	cha do bhruich thu	cha do bhruich e/i	cha do bhruich sinn	cha do bhruich sibh	cha do bhruich iad	cha do bhruicheadh
	future	cha bhruich mi	cha bhruich thu	cha bhruich e/i	cha bhruich sinn	cha bhruich sibh	cha bhruich iad	cha bhruichear cha bhruichtear
	conditional	cha bhruichinn	cha bhruicheadh tu	cha bhruicheadh e/i	cha bhruicheamaid cha bhruicheadh sinn	cha bhruicheadh sibh	cha bhruicheadh iad	cha bhruichteadh cha bhruichist1 cha bhruichiste1
affirmative interrogative	past	an do bhruich mi?	an do bhruich thu?	an do bhruich e/i?	an do bhruich sinn?	an do bhruich sibh?	an do bhruich iad?	an do bhruicheadh?
	future	am bruich mi?	am bruich thu?	am bruich e/i?	am bruich sinn?	am bruich sibh?	am bruich iad?	am bruichear? am bruichtear?
	conditional	am bruichinn?	am bruicheadh tu?	am bruicheadh e/i?	am bruicheamaid? am bruicheadh sinn?	am bruicheadh sibh?	am bruicheadh iad?	am bruichteadh? am bruichist?1 am bruichiste?1
negative interrogative	past	nach do bhruich mi?	nach do bhruich thu?	nach do bhruich e/i?	nach do bhruich sinn?	nach do bhruich sibh?	nach do bhruich iad?	nach do bhruicheadh?
	future	nach bruich mi?	nach bruich thu?	nach bruich e/i?	nach bruich sinn?	nach bruich sibh?	nach bruich iad?	nach bruichear? nach bruichtear?
	conditional	nach bruichinn?	nach bruicheadh tu?	nach bruicheadh e/i?	nach bruicheamaid? nach bruicheadh sinn?	nach bruicheadh sibh?	nach bruicheadh iad?	nach bruichteadh? nach bruichist?1 nach bruichiste?1
relative future	affirmative	(ma) bhruicheas mi	(ma) bhruicheas thu	(ma) bhruicheas e/i	(ma) bhruicheas sinn	(ma) bhruicheas sibh	(ma) bhruicheas iad	(ma) bhruichear
	negative	(mur) bruich mi	(mur) bruich thu	(mur) bruich e/i	(mur) bruich sinn	(mur) bruich sibh	(mur) bruich iad	(mur) bruichear (mur) bruichtear
imperative		bruicheam	bruich	bruicheadh e/i	bruicheamaid	bruichibh	bruicheadh iad	bruichear bruichtear
stem		bruich
verbal noun		bruicheadh
past participle		bruichte

¹ Lewis dialect form

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

Mutation of bruich

radical	lenition
bruich	bhruich

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bonnach air bois, cha bhruich e is cha loisg - nothing ventured, nothing gained
• bruich ann an àmhainn - to bake
• bruichte teth - piping hot
• bruicheil - hot, sultry (in reference to weather)
• bruichealachd - sultriness; chafed skin
• bruichidh mise lus an-seo - I will give him a taste of his own medicine
• caoin-bhruich - to cook gently
• cha bhruich a' bhrèaghachd a' phoit - beauty isn't everything
• chan eil am bonnach beag bruich fhathast - it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings
• cruaidh-bhruich - hard-boiled
• dì-bruich - undercooked
• eàrr-bhruich - to simmer, to stew
• gann-bhruich - to parboil, to half-boil
• glainne-bhruich - frosted glass
• làn-bhruich - fully-cooked, well-done (in reference to meat)
• leth-bhruich - to parboil, to half-boil, medium (in reference to meat)
• ro-bhruich - overcooked
• thàinig uisge bruich nan uighean air - he's had his fair share of troubles

Further reading

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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
3. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bruich”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page 54