brú

See also: bru, BRU, and brù

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō, *brūwō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pruː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

brú f (genitive singular brúar, nominative plural brýr)

  1. bridge

Declension

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠɾˠuː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bruiden (“hostel, large banqueting hall”).

Noun

brú m (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)

  1. hostel
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

brú m (genitive singular as substantive brú, genitive as verbal noun brúite, nominative plural brúnna)

  1. verbal noun of brúigh
  2. press, crush
  3. pressure
  4. bruise (mark on fruit)
  5. dent
Declension
As verbal noun
As substantive
Alternative forms
  • brúghadh (obsolete)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

brú

  1. present subjunctive analytic of brúigh
Alternative forms
  • brúgha (obsolete)

Etymology 4

From Old Irish brú, bruig, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

Noun

brú f (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)

  1. brink, verge
    Ar bhrú éaga. ― On the verge of death.
  2. bank (of river)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brú bhrú mbrú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brusū.

Noun

brú f

  1. belly, abdomen
  2. breast
  3. womb
Inflection
Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

Noun

brú ?

  1. edge, brink
  2. bank
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “brú 1 ‘abdomen’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “brú 3 ‘edge’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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