brugh
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See also: Brugh
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)
Declension
Declension of brugh
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bruig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mruig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “brugh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 92
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brugh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
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)
Declension
Declension of brugh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brugh | bhrugh | mbrugh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||