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
Alternative forms
  • bruigh (archaic)
Derived terms

Further reading

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

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.
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