bruithean
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps a conflation of bruth (“heat”) and ruithean (“ray, beam of light”).[3]
Noun[edit]
bruithean f (genitive singular bruithne)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bruithean
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- ceo bruithne (“heat haze”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bruithean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bruiṫneaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 93
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bruithen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language