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)

  1. strength, vigor
  2. meaning, significance
  3. influence, merit
  4. (in negative and interrogative phrases) quantity
Declension
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

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲrʲiː/

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

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

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