bri

See also: Bri and brí

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *brina, from pre-Albanian *bʰr̥nos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrendos ‘stag, red deer’. Cognate to Messapic bréndon (“deer”), Thracian toponym Brendike, Swedish brinde (“elk”), Lithuanian bríedis (“elk”).[1][2] Alternatively from 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 (indefinite plural brirë, definite singular briri) (Tosk)
  • bri m (indefinite plural brina, definite singular brini) (Gheg)
  1. horn
  2. antler
  3. rib

Declension
  • (northeastern) Gheg declension:
declension of bri
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 bri brina brini brinat
accusative
(kallëzore)		 bri brina brinin brinat
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 brini brinave brinit brinavet
dative
(dhanore)		 brini brinave brinit brinavet
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 brini brinash brinit brinavet
Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

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

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
bri fri mri unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
  1. Orel, Vladimir. Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 1998.
  2. Orel, Vladimir. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2000.
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