brí

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish bríg (force, power, value), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (importance) (compare Welsh bri (fame, distinction)).

Noun

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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
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Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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brí f (genitive singular brí, nominative plural bríonna)

  1. brae
Declension
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Mutation

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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.

References

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  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

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *brixs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brí f (genitive breg, nominative plural brig)

  1. hill

Inflection

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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

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  • Irish: brí
  • Scottish Gaelic: bre

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
brí brí
pronounced with /β(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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