bríg

See also: brig

Old Irish

From Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“strength”) – compare Welsh bri (“fame, distinction”) – from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-g-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).

IPA^(key): /bʲrʲiːɣ/ (nominative/vocative singular, genitive dual/plural)
IPA^(key): /bʲrʲiːɣʲ/ (accusative/dative singular, nominative/vocative/accusative dual)

bríg f

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bríg^L	bríg^L	bríga^H
Vocative	bríg^L	bríg^L	bríga^H
Accusative	bríg^N	bríg^L	bríga^H
Genitive	bríge^H	bríg^L	bríg^N
Dative	bríg^L	brígaib	brígaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bríg	bríg pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbríg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.