brugh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish brug, bruig, from Old Irish mruig, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Welsh bro, and distantly related to marg, a Germanic loanword.

Noun

brugh m (genitive singular brugha or brogha, nominative plural brugha)

  1. (obsolete) region, district
  2. (literary) large house, mansion; castle, palace
Declension
Declension of brugh (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brugh brugha
vocative a bhrugh a bhrugha
genitive brugha brugh
dative brugh brugha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an brugh na brugha
genitive an bhrugha na mbrugh
dative leis an mbrugh
don bhrugh 		leis na brugha
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

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From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz; altered under the influence of etymology 1.

Noun

brugh m (genitive singular brugha, nominative plural brugha)

  1. (archaeology) broch
Declension
Declension of brugh (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brugh brugha
vocative a bhrugh a bhrugha
genitive brugha brugh
dative brugh brugha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an brugh na brugha
genitive an bhrugha na mbrugh
dative leis an mbrugh
don bhrugh 		leis na brugha

Mutation

Mutated forms of brugh
radical lenition eclipsis
brugh bhrugh mbrugh

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

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