brèagha
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish bregda (“Bregian, fine”), from Brega (“Bregia, country around the Hill of Tara”), possibly from Old Irish brí (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”). Cognate with Irish breá (archaic breagha, breaghdha). Possibly related to brìgh (“sense; strength; significance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾʲi.ə/
Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | brèagha | bhrèagha | brèagha |
| Vocative | bhrèagha | bhrèagha | brèagha |
| Genitive | bhrèagha | bhrèagha | brèagha |
| Dative | bhrèagha | bhrèagha | brèagha |
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| brèagha | bhrèagha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “brèagha”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bregda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
- “Breagha” in Index to Keating, Geoffrey (1902), Patrick Dinneen, editor, The history of Ireland, London, pages 184–185
- note 11 in Ua Laoghaire, Peadar (December 1895), “Séadna”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 6, issue 8, Dublin, page 134
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