brú
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō, *brūwō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrú f (genitive singular brúar, nominative plural brýr)
Declension
editDeclension of brú | ||||
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f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | brú | brúin | brýr | brýrnar |
accusative | brú | brúna | brýr | brýrnar |
dative | brú | brúnni | brúm | brúnum |
genitive | brúar | brúarinnar | brúa | brúnna |
Derived terms
edit- göngubrú (“footbridge”)
Anagrams
editIrish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editRelated to bruíon and Middle Irish bruiden (“hostel, large banqueting hall”).
Noun
editbrú m (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editbrú m (genitive singular as substantive brú, genitive as verbal noun brúite, nominative plural brúnna)
Declension
edit- As verbal noun
- As substantive
Alternative forms
edit- brúghadh (obsolete)
Derived terms
edit- frithbhrú (“back-pressure”)
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editbrú
Alternative forms
edit- brúgha (obsolete)
Etymology 4
editFrom Old Irish brú, bruig, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
Noun
editbrú f (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
Declension
editMutation
editIrish 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 reading
edit- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Celtic *brusū.
Noun
editbrú f
Inflection
editFeminine 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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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brú 1 ‘abdomen’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
Noun
editbrú ?
Inflection
editThe dative singular is also brú; no other forms are attested.
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brú 3 ‘edge’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
brú | brú pronounced with / |
mbrú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editfrom Proto-Germanic *brōwō, *brūwō.
Noun
editbrú f
Descendants
edit- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/uː
- Rhymes:Icelandic/uː/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- Irish verbal nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish verb forms
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns