brú

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

• IPA^(key): /pruː/
• Rhymes: -uː

brú f (genitive singular brúar, nominative plural brýr)

1. bridge

• göngubrú (“footbridge”)

• búr

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠuː/

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

brú m (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)

1. hostel

• brú óige
• brúdóireacht

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

As verbal noun

As substantive

• brúghadh (obsolete)

• frithbhrú (“back-pressure”)

See the etymology of the main entry.

brú

1. present subjunctive analytic of brúigh

• brúgha (obsolete)

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

brú f (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)

1. brink, verge

   Ar bhrú éaga. ― On the verge of death.

2. bank (of river)

• "brú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

From Proto-Celtic *brusū.

brú f

1. belly, abdomen
2. breast
3. womb

• Middle Irish: broinn
  • Irish: broinn

From Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

brú ?

1. edge, brink
2. bank

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “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.