briga

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See also: Briga

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /briɡaː/

Noun

brigā f

  1. hill

Declension

    declension of briga (Transalpine)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative brigā brigās
Vocative brigā brigās
Accusative brigan1, brigim2 brigās
Genitive brigās1, brigiās2 briganom
Dative brigī brigābo
Instrumental brigia1, brigī2 brigābi
Locative brigī brigābo
1 early forms, 2 late forms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology 1

From Germanic or Celtic, compare Welsh bri (“power”), Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”).

Noun

briga f (plural brighe)

  1. trouble, bother
    prendere la briga ― to take the trouble
Descendants
  • → Galician: briga
  • → Portuguese: briga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

briga

  1. third-person singular present indicative of brigare
  2. second-person singular imperative of brigare

Anagrams

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese brigar.

Verb

briga

  1. to fight

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

briga f (plural s)

  1. fight (physical confrontation)
    Synonyms: luta, rixa, peleja, pugilato, desavença

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brîɡa/
  • Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Noun

brȉga f (Cyrillic spelling бри̏га)

  1. worry, concern
  2. trouble, bother
  3. care; nurture

Declension

Declension of briga
singular plural
nominative brȉga brȉge
genitive brȉgē brȋgā
dative brȉzi brȉgama
accusative brȉgu brȉge
vocative brȉgo brȉge
locative brȉzi brȉgama
instrumental brȉgōm brȉgama

Related terms

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation

Noun

brȋga f

  1. care

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. bríga
gen. sing. bríge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		bríga brígi bríge
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		bríge bríg bríg
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		brígi brígama brígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		brígo brígi bríge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		brígi brígah brígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		brígo brígama brígami
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