Bríd

See also: brid and bríd

Irish

Alternative forms

• Brighid (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Brìghde and Manx Breeshey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲɾʲiːdʲ/

Proper noun

Bríd f (genitive Bríde)

1. a female given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Bridget or Brigid

Derived terms

• duilleog Bhríde (“nipplewort”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bríd	Bhríd	mBríd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bríd”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bríd”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56
• “Bríd”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024