brugh

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)

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

• bruigh (archaic)

Derived terms

• aolbhrugh

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)

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.