bruthach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bruthach.[1] By surface analysis, bruth +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bruthach (genitive singular masculine bruthaigh, genitive singular feminine bruthaí, plural bruthacha, comparative bruthaí)

  1. fiery (relating to fire, burning, hot)
  2. fluffy (of cloth)

Declension

Declension of bruthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bruthach bhruthach bruthacha;
bhruthacha2
vocative bhruthaigh bruthacha
genitive bruthaí bruthacha bruthach
dative bruthach;
bhruthach1 		bhruthach;
bhruthaigh (archaic) 		bruthacha;
bhruthacha2
Comparative níos bruthaí
Superlative is bruthaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruthach
radical lenition eclipsis
bruthach bhruthach mbruthach

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

References

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾuhəx/

Noun

bruthach m or f (genitive singular bruthaich, plural bruthaichean)

  1. brae, hillside, steep slope, acclivity
  2. precipice

Mutation

Mutation of bruthach
radical lenition
bruthach bhruthach

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

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