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)

  1. brute, beast
  2. brutal person
  • brùideil (“barbarous, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent, cruel”, adjective)
  • brùidealachd f (“barbarism, brutality, violence”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
brùidbhrùid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “brúit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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