brèagha

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bregda (Bregian, fine), from Brega (Bregia, country around the Hill of Tara), possibly from Old Irish brí (hill), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (hill). Cognate with Irish breá (archaic breagha, breaghdha). Possibly related to brìgh (sense; strength; significance).

Pronunciation

Adjective

brèagha

  1. fine, handsome, beautiful

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Comparative/superlative: brèagha

Mutation

Mutation of brèagha
radical lenition
brèagha bhrèagha

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

Further reading

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh