brú
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō, *brūwō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brú f (genitive singular brúar, nominative plural brýr)
Declension[edit]
declension of brú
Derived terms[edit]
- göngubrú (“footbridge”)
Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Related to bruíon and Middle Irish bruiden (“hostel, large banqueting hall”).
Noun[edit]
brú m (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
Declension[edit]
Declension of brú
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
brú m (genitive singular as substantive brú, genitive as verbal noun brúite, nominative plural brúnna)
Declension[edit]
- As verbal noun
Declension of brú
- As substantive
Declension of brú
Alternative forms[edit]
- brúghadh (obsolete)
Derived terms[edit]
- frithbhrú (“back-pressure”)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
brú
Alternative forms[edit]
- brúgha (obsolete)
Etymology 4[edit]
From Old Irish brú, bruig, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
Noun[edit]
brú f (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
Declension[edit]
Declension of brú
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brú | bhrú | mbrú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *brusū.
Noun[edit]
brú f
Inflection[edit]
Feminine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | brú | broinnL | broinn |
Vocative | brú | broinnL | bronnaH |
Accusative | broinnN | broinnL | bronnaH |
Genitive | bronn | bronnL | bronnN |
Dative | broinnL, brúL | bronnaib | bronnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brú 1 ‘abdomen’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
Noun[edit]
brú ?
Inflection[edit]
The dative singular is also brú; no other forms are attested.
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brú 3 ‘edge’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
brú | brú pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbrú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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