brugaria

Latin

FWOTD – 7 May 2024

Alternative forms

Etymology

From brūcus + -āria, showing lenition of the intervocalic /k/. Attested from 891 in France.[1]

Noun

brūgāria f (genitive brūgāriae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. heath
  2. heather
  3. heathland

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative brūgāria brūgāriae
Genitive brūgāriae brūgāriārum
Dative brūgāriae brūgāriīs
Accusative brūgāriam brūgāriās
Ablative brūgāriā brūgāriīs
Vocative brūgāria brūgāriae

Descendants

  • Western Romance of N. Italy:
    • Ligurian: brughëa, brughêa
    • Lombard: brughera
    • Piedmontese: bruëra
  • Gallo-Romance:

References

  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “brugaria”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 106
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