brí
See also: bri
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲɾʲiː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”) (compare Welsh bri (“fame, distinction”)).
Noun
brí f (genitive singular brí, nominative plural bríonna)
Declension
Declension of brí
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
- brígh (superseded)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish brí, from Proto-Celtic *brixs.
Declension
Declension of brí
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brí | bhrí | mbrí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “brí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 55
- Entries containing “brí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *brixs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲrʲiː/
Inflection
| Feminine g-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | brí | brigL | brig |
| Vocative | brí | brigL | brega |
| Accusative | brigN | brigL | brega |
| Genitive | breg | breg | bregN |
| Dative | brigL, brí | bregaib | bregaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| brí | brí pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbrí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bri”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
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