bregda

== Middle Irish == === Etymology === From Brega (“Bregia, the country around Tara”) +‎ -da (adjectival suffix). The meaning of “fine” by association with the scene of the magnificence of the high-kings. Possibly related to brí (“hill”) and bríg (“power, strength, authority”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈbʲɾʲeɣðə/, (later) /ˈbʲɾʲeɣə/ === Adjective === bregda Bregian, related to Bregia, the country around the Hill of Tara fine, fair, excellent ==== Descendants ==== Irish: breá Scottish Gaelic: brèagha === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bregda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “brèagh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 48 note 11 in Ua Laoghaire, Peadar (December 1895), “Séadna”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge‎[2], volume 6, number 8, Dublin, page 134