briugu
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *brigūts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥ǵʰwōts, derived from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high, lofty”).[1]
Noun
[edit]briugu m (genitive briugad)
- hostel owner
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | briugu | briugaidL, briugu | briugaid |
| vocative | briugu | briugaidL, briugu | briugada |
| accusative | briugaidN | briugaidL, briugu | briugada |
| genitive | briugad | briugad | briugadN |
| dative | briugaidL | briugadaib | briugadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| briugu | briugu pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbriugu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Stifter, David (2011) “Lack of syncope and other nichtlautgesetzlich vowel developments in Olr. consonant-stem nouns: animacy rearing its head in morphology?”, in Thomas Krisch, Thomas Lindner, editors, Indogermanistik und Linguistik im Dialog, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 561
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “briugu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language