brí

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Irish

Pronunciation

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)

  1. strength, vigor
  2. meaning, significance
  3. influence, merit
  4. (in negative and interrogative phrases) quantity
Declension
Declension of brí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brí bríonna
vocative a bhrí a bhríonna
genitive brí bríonna
dative brí bríonna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhrí na bríonna
genitive na brí na mbríonna
dative leis an mbrí
don bhrí 		leis na bríonna
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish brí, from Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Noun

brí f (genitive singular brí, nominative plural bríonna)

  1. brae
Declension
Declension of brí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative brí bríonna
vocative a bhrí a bhríonna
genitive brí bríonna
dative brí bríonna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhrí na bríonna
genitive na brí na mbríonna
dative leis an mbrí
don bhrí 		leis na bríonna

Mutation

Mutated forms of brí
radical lenition eclipsis
brí bhrí mbrí

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 55
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 374, page 127

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Pronunciation

Noun

brí f (genitive breg, nominative plural brig)

  1. hill

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: brí
  • Scottish Gaelic: bre

Mutation

Mutation of brí
radical lenition nasalization
brí brí
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbrí

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

References

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