bri

See also: Bri, BRI, brí, and bɽi

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *brina, from pre-Albanian *bʰr̥nos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrendos (“stag, red deer”). Cognate to Messapic bréndon (“deer”), Thracian 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): /bɾi/ (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

Tosk declension: Note: This noun is masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bri	briri	brirë	brirët
accusative		bririn
dative	briri	bririt	brirëve	brirëve
ablative			brirësh

Declension of bri

Gheg declension: Note: This noun is masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

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

Declension of bri

Derived terms

• brith
• bori

Related terms

• brini (Gheg)
• brina (Gheg)

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bri ~ brî”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 36-7
2. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *briː (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briː/

Noun

bri 

1. forest

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown; possibly of Gaulish origin from *brinos (“filament, fiber”). (Compare French brin, Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bri m (plural brins)

1. thread, strand
   • 1970, Pau Riba (lyrics and music), “Canço sèptima en colors”, in Dioptria:

     El vent m'ha dut grans de blat / i com que ja és primavera / les espigues s'han llevat / per damunt dels brins de l'herba

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) bit, modicum (a small amount of something)

   un bri d'esperança ― a ray of hope

Derived terms

• esbrinar

Related terms

• breny

References

1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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.

Garo

Garo cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : bri

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *Brɯi¹ (“four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Tibetan བཞི (bzhi), Burmese လေး (le:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Numeral

bri

1. four

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *briː (“forest, wild”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ. Cognate with Khasi bri (“grove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Noun

bri

1. place, area

Sranan Tongo

Verb

bri

1. Contraction of bribi.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bri, from Proto-Brythonic *briɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”) (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/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

bri m (plural briau)

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.