bruich

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• (Ness) IPA^(key): /b̥ɾuç/, /b̥ɾiç/, [b̥ɾʉç]
• (Bernera) IPA^(key): /pʰɾuç/, [pʰɾʉç] (as if spelled pruich)
• (Lochs) IPA^(key): /pʰɾiç/ (as if spelled pruich)
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /b̥ɾʲiç/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /b̥ɾuç/, [b̥ɾʉç]
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /b̥ɾɯç/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /pʰɾih/ (as if spelled pruith)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bruith (“act of boiling”), verbal noun of berbaid, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”).

Noun

bruich f

1. verbal noun of bruich

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish bruithid, denominal verb from Old Irish bruith (see etymology 1).

Verb

bruich (past bhruich, future bruichidh, verbal noun bruicheadh or bruich, past participle bruichte)

1. to cook, to boil
   • 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 82:

     Mu dheireadh thubhairt e, "Ciod e'm biadh a tha thu 'bruich 'sa choire mhòir sin air an teine?"
     "Tha," thubhairt ise, "feòil a' bruich innte air son nan con."

     Finally he said, "What's the food that you are boiling in that big cauldron on the fire?"
     "There," she said, "is meat boiling in it for the dogs."

2. to broil

Conjugation

Conjugation of bruich (regular)

indicative	independent		dependent
	personal	autonomous	personal	autonomous
past	bhruich	bhruicheadh	bhruich	bhruicheadh
future	bruichidh	bruichear bruichtear	bruich	bruichear bruichtear
relative future	bhruicheas	bhruichear	—	—
conditional	independent		dependent
	personal	autonomous	personal	autonomous
first person singular	bhruichinn	bhruichteadh bhruichist1 bhruichiste1	bruichinn	bruichteadh bruichist1 bruichiste1
first person plural	bhruicheamaid bhruicheadh sinn		bruicheamaid bruicheadh sinn
second/third person	bhruicheadh		bruicheadh
imperative	singular		plural
	personal	autonomous	personal	autonomous
first person	bruicheam	bruichear bruichtear	bruicheamaid	bruichear bruichtear
second person	bruich		bruichibh
third person	bruicheadh		bruicheadh
past participle	bruichte
verbal noun	bruicheadh

1. Lewis dialect form

Derived terms

• bonnach air bois, cha bhruich e is cha loisg (“nothing ventured, nothing gained”)
• bruich ann an àmhainn (“to bake”)
• bruichealachd (“sultriness; chafed skin”)
• bruicheil (“hot, sultry (in reference to weather)”)
• bruichidh mise lus an-seo (“I will give him a taste of one's own medicine”)
• bruichte teth (“piping hot”)
• caoin-bhruich (“to cook gently”)
• cha bhruich a' bhrèaghachd a' phoit (“beauty isn't everything”)
• chan eil am bonnach beag bruich fhathast (“it ain't over till the fat lady sings”)
• cruaidh-bhruich (“hard-boiled”)
• dì-bruich (“undercooked”)
• eàrr-bhruich (“to simmer, to stew”)
• gann-bhruich (“to parboil, to half-boil”)
• glainne-bhruich (“frosted glass”)
• làn-bhruich (“fully-cooked, well-done (in reference to meat)”)
• leth-bhruich (“to parboil, to half-boil, medium (in reference to meat)”)
• ro-bhruich (“overcooked”)
• thàinig uisge bruich nan uighean air (“he's had his fair share of troubles”)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “originally a past participle of the verb?”)

Adjective

bruich (comparative nas bruiche, superlative as bruiche)

1. cooked, boiled, seethed
   • 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 26:

     An sin dh' fhosgail i làmh-anart grinn, anns an robh aran, càise, agus dà ubh bhruich air am pasgadh.

     Then she opened a fine linen handkerchief, in which bread, cheese, and two boiled eggs were wrapped.

2. roasted, toasted
3. sultry
4. ripe
5. ruddy-faced, reddened with anger or passion

Mutation

Mutation of bruich

radical	lenition
bruich	bhruich

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “bruich” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• Edward Dwelly (1911), “bruich”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “bruich”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 54