brú
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō, *brūwō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
brú f (genitive singular brúar, nominative plural brýr)
DeclensionEdit
declension of brú
Derived termsEdit
- göngubrú (“footbridge”)
AnagramsEdit
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Related to bruíon and Middle Irish bruiden (“hostel, large banqueting hall”).
NounEdit
brú m (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of brú
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
brú m (genitive singular as substantive brú, genitive as verbal noun brúite, nominative plural brúnna)
DeclensionEdit
- As verbal noun
Declension of brú
- As substantive
Declension of brú
Alternative formsEdit
- brúghadh (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
- frithbhrú (“back-pressure”)
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
brú
Alternative formsEdit
- brúgha (obsolete)
Etymology 4Edit
From Old Irish brú, bruig, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
NounEdit
brú f (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of brú
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 readingEdit
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 52.
- "brú" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old IrishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *brusū.
NounEdit
brú f
InflectionEdit
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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DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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 2Edit
From Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
NounEdit
brú ?
InflectionEdit
The dative singular is also brú; no other forms are attested.
Further readingEdit
- 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
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |