mruig

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mrogis (compare Welsh bro), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“frontier, border”). Cognate with Latin margo (“border, edge”), Proto-Germanic *markō (“border, region”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀 (marəza, “frontier”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mruɣʲ/

Noun

mruig m

  1. march, borderland
    • c. 750, Aed oll fri andud nane, verse 2:
      In chlí comras cond credail · ollmas fu thocaid tugaib
      du farclu sech cach ndíne · di Moisten míne mrugaib.
      The mighty balk … great (and) good under roofs of fortune,
      to be chosen beyond any generation of the marches of smooth Moistiu.
  2. country, territory

Declension

Masculine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative mruig mruigL mrugaiH
vocative mruig mruigL mrugaiH
accusative mruigN mruigL mrugaiH
genitive mrogoH, mrogaH mrogoH, mrogaH mrugaeN
dative mruigL mrugaib mrugaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bruig, brug

Mutation

Mutation of mruig
radical lenition nasalization
mruig
also mmruig in h-prothesis environments		 mruig
pronounced with /β̃-/		 mruig
also mmruig

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

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