brugh

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.

brugh m (genitive singular brugha or brogha, nominative plural brugha)

1. (obsolete) region, district
2. (literary) large house, mansion; castle, palace

• bruigh (archaic)

• aolbhrugh

• 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

From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz; altered under the influence of etymology 1.

brugh m (genitive singular brugha, nominative plural brugha)

1. (archaeology) broch