bricht

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʁɪçt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɪçt

Verb

bricht

third-person singular present of brechen

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brixtus.

Noun

bricht m

charm, spell, incantation
Synonym: epaid

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bricht	bricht^L	brechtae
vocative	bricht	bricht^L	brechtu
accusative	bricht^N	bricht^L	brechtu
genitive	brechto^H, brechta^H	brechto, brechta	brechtae^N
dative	bricht^L	brechtaib	brechtaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: bricht
- Irish: briocht

Mutation

Mutation of *bricht*
radical	lenition	nasalization
bricht	bricht pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbricht

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bricht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English bright, briht, from Old English beorht (Northumbrian breht), from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz.

Adjective

bricht (comparative mair bricht, superlative maist bricht)

bright