# bruich
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish bruith, from Proto-Celtic *brutus (“fermentation, boiling heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

bruich (past bhruich, future bruichidh, verbal noun bruicheadh or bruich, past participle bruichte)
* 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."
* to broil

#### Conjugation
### Adjective

bruich (comparative bruiche)
* 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.
* roasted, toasted
* sultry
* ripe
* ruddy-faced, reddened with anger or passion

### Noun

bruich f
* the act of boiling

### Mutation

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

### 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 his 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 'til 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

### References

* 1 2 3 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

### 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, Stirling, →ISBN, page 54