See also: bruit and brùit

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin brūtus.

Noun edit

brúit f

  1. brute, beast

Inflection edit

Feminine i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative brúit brúitL brúitiH
Vocative brúit brúitL brúitiH
Accusative brúitN brúitL brúitiH
Genitive brútoH, brútaH brútoH, brútaH brúiteN
Dative brúitL brúitib brúitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: brúid
  • Scottish Gaelic: brùid

Mutation edit

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

References edit