brùid
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish brúit (“brute, beast”), from Latin brūtus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b̥ruːdʲ/
Noun
brùid m (genitive singular brùid, plural brùidean)
- brute, beast
- brutal person
Related terms
- brùideil (“barbarous, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent, cruel”, adjective)
- brùidealachd f (“barbarism, brutality, violence”)
Mutation
| 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
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “brùid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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