bruithean

Irish

Alternative forms

• bruitheal, bruithin, bruithneadh

Etymology

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

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

• ceo bruithne (“heat haze”)

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.