# brú
## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pruː/
* Rhymes: -uː

### Noun

brú f (genitive singular brúar, nominative plural brýr)
* bridge

#### Derived terms

* göngubrú (“footbridge”)

### Anagrams

* búr

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bˠɾˠuː/

### Etymology 1

Related to bruíon and Middle Irish bruiden (“hostel, large banqueting hall”).

#### Noun

brú m (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
* hostel

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
brú
brúnna
vocative
a bhrú
a bhrúnna
genitive
brú
brúnna
dative
brú
brúnna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an brú
na brúnna
genitive
an bhrú
na mbrúnna
dative
leis an mbrú don bhrú
leis na brúnna :

##### Derived terms

* brú óige
* brúdóireacht

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

brú m (genitive singular as substantive brú, genitive as verbal noun brúite, nominative plural brúnna)
* verbal noun of brúigh
* press, crush
* pressure
* bruise (mark on fruit)
* dent

##### Declension
###### As verbal noun

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
brú
brúnna
vocative
a bhrú
a bhrúnna
genitive
brúite
brúnna
dative
brú
brúnna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an brú
na brúnna
genitive
an bhrúite
na mbrúnna
dative
leis an mbrú don bhrú
leis na brúnna :

###### As substantive

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
brú
brúnna
vocative
a bhrú
a bhrúnna
genitive
brú
brúnna
dative
brú
brúnna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an brú
na brúnna
genitive
an bhrú
na mbrúnna
dative
leis an mbrú don bhrú
leis na brúnna :

##### Alternative forms

* brúghadh (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* frithbhrú (“back-pressure”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

brú
* present subjunctive analytic of brúigh

##### Alternative forms

* brúgha (obsolete)

### Etymology 4

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

#### Noun

brú f (genitive singular brú, nominative plural brúnna)
* brink, verge
    Ar bhrú éaga. ― On the verge of death.
* bank (of river)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
brú
brúnna
vocative
a bhrú
a bhrúnna
genitive
brú
brúnna
dative
brú
brúnna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bhrú
na brúnna
genitive
na brú
na mbrúnna
dative
leis an mbrú don bhrú
leis na brúnna :

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 52
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brusū.

#### Noun

brú f
* belly, abdomen
* breast
* womb

##### Inflection

Feminine n-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | brú | broinn$^L$ | broinn |
| Vocative | brú | broinn$^L$ | bronna$^H$ |
| Accusative | broinn$^N$ | broinn$^L$ | bronna$^H$ |
| Genitive | bronn | bronn$^L$ | bronn$^N$ |
| Dative | broinn$^L$, brú$^L$ | bronnaib | bronnaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: broinn
** Irish: broinn

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brú 1 ‘abdomen’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

#### Noun

brú ?
* edge, brink
* bank

##### Inflection

The dative singular is also brú; no other forms are attested.

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brú 3 ‘edge’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Mutation

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

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* brō — Old East Norse

### Etymology

from Proto-Germanic *brōwō, *brūwō.

### Noun

brú f
* bridge

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: brú
* Faroese: brú
* Norwegian Nynorsk: bru
** Norwegian Bokmål: bru (See there for further information)