bri

See also: Bri and brí

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. horn
2. antler
3. rib

Declension

• (northeastern) Gheg declension:

Declension of bri

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	bri	brina	brini	brinat
accusative			brinin
dative	brini	brinave	brinit	brinavet
ablative		brinash

Related terms

• brini (Gheg)
• brina (Gheg)

Derived terms

• brith
• bori

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbɾi]

Noun

bri m (plural brins)

1. thread, strand
2. bit, modicum (a small amount of something).

   un bri d'esperança ― a ray of hope

Derived terms

• esbrinar

Further reading

• “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.

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“strength”) (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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briː/

Noun

bri m (uncountable)

1. honour, esteem

Synonyms

• anrhydedd
• parch

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bri	fri	mri	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.