brúit

See also: bruit and brùit

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin brūtus.

Noun

brúit f

1. brute, beast

Inflection

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	brúit	brúitL	brúitiH
Vocative	brúit	brúitL	brúitiH
Accusative	brúitN	brúitL	brúitiH
Genitive	brútoH, brútaH	brútoH, brútaH	brúiteN
Dative	brúitL	brúitib	brúitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: brúid
• Scottish Gaelic: brùid

Mutation

Mutation of brúit

radical	lenition	nasalization
brúit	brúit pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbrúit

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brúit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language