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

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.