bricht

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɪçt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪçt

Verb

bricht

1. third-person singular present of brechen

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brixtus.

Noun

bricht m

1. charm, spell, incantation

   Synonym: epaid

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bricht	brichtL	brechtae
Vocative	bricht	brichtL	brechtu
Accusative	brichtN	brichtL	brechtu
Genitive	brechtoH, brechtaH	brechto, brechta	brechtaeN
Dative	brichtL	brechtaib	brechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: bricht
  • Irish: briocht

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bricht	bricht pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbricht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English bright, briht, from Old English beorht (Northumbrian breht), from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.

Adjective

bricht (comparative mair bricht, superlative maist bricht)

1. bright