bruig

Irish

Etymology

From English brig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɪɟ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /bʲɾʲɪɡ/[1] (as if spelled briog)

Noun

bruig f (genitive singular bruige, nominative plural bruigeanna)

  1. brig (two-masted vessel)

Declension

Declension of bruig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bruig bruigeanna
vocative a bhruig a bhruigeanna
genitive bruige bruigeanna
dative bruig bruigeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhruig na bruigeanna
genitive na bruige na mbruigeanna
dative leis an mbruig
don bhruig
leis na bruigeanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of bruig
radical lenition eclipsis
bruig bhruig mbruig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54

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