bruithean

Irish

Alternative forms

• bruitheal, bruithin, bruithneadh

Etymology

Perhaps a conflation of bruth (“heat”) and ruithean (“ray, beam of light”).

Noun

bruithean f (genitive singular bruithne)

1. heat

Declension

Declension of bruithean (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bruithean vocative a bhruithean genitive bruithne dative bruithean bruithin (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhruithean genitive na bruithne dative leis an mbruithean leis an mbruithin (archaic, dialectal) don bhruithean don bhruithin (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• ceo bruithne (“heat haze”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruithean

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruithean	bhruithean	mbruithean

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