Brega

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See also: brega, bregá, and брега

English

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Brega

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic البريقة (al-burayqah).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbreɪɡə/

Proper noun

Brega

a complex of several smaller towns in Libya

Anagrams

Gaber, barge, Aberg, Berga, begar, rebag, Garbe, Barge

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brí (“hill”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲeɣə/

Proper noun

Brega pl (genitive Breg)

(plural only) Bregia (a the country around the Hill of Tara in Ireland)
inhabitants of Bregia

Derived terms

bregda (“Bregian; fine, excellent”)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Brega	Brega pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mBrega
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Brega”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“Breagha” in Index to Keating, Geoffrey (1902) Patrick Dinneen, editor, The history of Ireland‎, London, pages 184–185

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