breug

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bréc (“falsehood, lie; deception”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾʲiak/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [pð̥iak][2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [b̥ʒiak][3]

Noun

breug f (genitive singular brèige, plural breugan)

  1. lie, falsehood (not truth)
    beul na brèige ― lying mouth

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bréc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “breug”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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