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Bulgarian
Etymology
- Borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”), probably via Serbo-Croatian.
- Deverbal from бри́жа се (bríža se, “to be engaged ”) (dialectal, obsolete) + -а (-a).
Pronunciation
Noun
бри́га • (bríga) f (dialectal)
- worry, bother, concern
- (obsolete) obligation, duty, engagement
Declension
- брига́да (brigáda, “brigade”) (French borrowing from the same source)
References
- “брига”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брига”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 78
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “бри́га”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 71
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
бри́га • (bríga) m inan
- genitive singular of бриг (brig)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brîɡa/
- Hyphenation: бри‧га
Noun
бри̏га f (Latin spelling brȉga)
- worry
- trouble
- care
- bother
- concern
Declension
Descendants
- → Pannonian Rusyn: бриґа (briga)