bruth

See also: bruþ and bruth-

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠʊ(h)/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɞh/, /bˠɾˠɯh/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠuː/

Etymology 1

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

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

• broth

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bruth f (genitive singular as substantive bruithe, genitive as verbal noun bruite)

1. Alternative form of bruith

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bruth	bhruth	mbruth

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bruth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bruth”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old Irish

FWOTD – 27 February 2017

Etymology

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

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

Mutation of bruth

radical	lenition	nasalization
bruth	bruth pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbruth

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bruth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language