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) (obsolete) region, district (literary) large house, mansion; castle, palace ===== Declension ===== ===== 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) (archaeology) broch ===== Declension ===== === Mutation ===