bri

From Proto-Albanian *brina, from pre-Albanian *bʰr̥nos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrendos (“stag, red deer”). Cognate to Messapic bréndon (“deer”), Thracian Brendike, Swedish brinde (“elk”), Lithuanian bríedis (“elk”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), although the semantic development would be unique for this root.

• IPA^(key): /bɾi/ (Standard, Tosk)
• IPA^(key): /bɹĩː/ (Gheg)
• IPA^(key): /bɹiː/ (Gheg)

bri m (plural brirë, definite briri) (Tosk)
bri m (plural brina, definite brini) (Gheg)

1. horn
2. antler
3. rib

Tosk declension: Note: This noun is masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

Gheg declension: Note: This noun is masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

• brith
• bori

• brini (Gheg)
• brina (Gheg)

From Proto-Bahnaric *briː (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).

• IPA^(key): /briː/

bri 

1. forest

Unknown; possibly of Gaulish origin from *brinos (“filament, fiber”). (Compare French brin, Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

bri m (plural brins)

1. thread, strand
   • 1970, Pau Riba (lyrics and music), “Canço sèptima en colors”, in Dioptria:

     El vent m'ha dut grans de blat / i com que ja és primavera / les espigues s'han llevat / per damunt dels brins de l'herba

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) bit, modicum (a small amount of something)

   un bri d'esperança ― a ray of hope

• esbrinar

• breny

• “bri” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bri”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bri” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bri” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *Brɯi¹ (“four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Tibetan བཞི (bzhi), Burmese လေး (le:).

• IPA^(key): /bri/

bri

1. four

From Proto-Khasian *briː (“forest, wild”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ. Cognate with Khasi bri (“grove”).

• IPA^(key): /bri/

bri

1. place, area

bri

1. Contraction of bribi.

From Middle Welsh bri, from Proto-Brythonic *briɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”) (compare Old Irish bríg (“force, power”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-g-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).

• IPA^(key): /briː/
• Rhymes: -iː

bri m (plural briau)

1. honour, esteem

• anrhydedd
• parch