bruithean

Irish

Alternative forms
  • bruitheal, bruithin, bruithneadh[1][2]

Etymology

Perhaps a conflation of bruth (“heat”) and ruithean (“ray, beam of light”).[3]

Noun

bruithean f (genitive singular bruithne)

  1. heat

Declension
Declension of bruithean

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bruithean
Vocative a bhruithean
Genitive bruithne
Dative bruithean
bruithin (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhruithean
Genitive na bruithne
Dative leis an mbruithean
leis an mbruithin (archaic, dialectal)

don bhruithean
don bhruithin (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bruithean bhruithean mbruithean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruithean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bruiṫneaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 93
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bruithen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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