brugaria

Latin

FWOTD – 7 May 2024

Alternative forms

Etymology

From brūcus +‎ -āria, showing lenition of the intervocalic /k/. Attested from 891 in France.[1]

Noun

brūgāria f (genitive brūgāriae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. heath
  2. heather
  3. heathland

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative brūgāria brūgāriae
genitive brūgāriae brūgāriārum
dative brūgāriae brūgāriīs
accusative brūgāriam brūgāriās
ablative brūgāriā brūgāriīs
vocative brūgāria brūgāriae

Descendants

  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: brughëa, brughêa
    • Lombard: brughera
    • Piedmontese: bruëra
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “brugaria”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 106