bregda

Old 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): /bʲrʲeɣða/

Adjective

bregda

Bregian, related to Bregia, the country around the Hill of Tara
fine, fair, excellent

Descendants

Irish: breá
Scottish Gaelic: brèagha

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bregda	bregda pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbregda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, 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, Stirling, →ISBN, page 48
note 11 in Ua Laoghaire, Peadar (December 1895), “Séadna”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge‎, volume 6, issue 8, Dublin, page 134

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