brùid
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish brúit (“brute, beast”), from Latin brūtus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brùid m (genitive singular brùid, plural brùidean)
Related terms edit
- brùideil (“barbarous, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent, cruel”, adjective)
- brùidealachd f (“barbarism, brutality, violence”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| brùid | bhrùid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “brùid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brúit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language