Brega

See also: brega, bregá, and брега

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic البريقة (al-burayqah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreɪɡə/

Proper noun

Brega

1. a complex of several smaller towns in Libya

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish brí (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲrʲeɣə/

Proper noun

Brega pl (genitive Breg)

1. (plural only) Bregia (a the country around the Hill of Tara in Ireland)
2. inhabitants of Bregia

Derived terms

• bregda (“Bregian; fine, excellent”)

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Brega	Brega pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mBrega
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Brega”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “Breagha” in Index to Keating, Geoffrey (1902) Patrick Dinneen, editor, The history of Ireland‎^[1], London, pages 184–185