"bríg" meaning in Old Irish

See bríg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʲrʲiːɣ/, /bʲrʲiːɣʲ/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *brīgā (“power, worth”), an alternative form of *brīgos. Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro|*brīgā||power, worth}} Proto-Celtic *brīgā (“power, worth”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun||||{{{2}}}||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bríg f, {{sga-noun|f}} bríg f Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-a-fem|bríg}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=bríg+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=bríga+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=bríg+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=ā-f|dat_du=brígaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=brígaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=bríg+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=bríg+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=bríg+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=bríge+H|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=bríg+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=bríga+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=bríg+L|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=bríg+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=bríga+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=bríg+L|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bríg [nominative, singular], bríg [dual, nominative], bríga [nominative, plural], bríg [singular, vocative], bríg [dual, vocative], bríga [plural, vocative], bríg [accusative, singular], bríg [accusative, dual], bríga [accusative, plural], bríge [genitive, singular], bríg [dual, genitive], bríg [genitive, plural], bríg [dative, singular], brígaib [dative, dual], brígaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bríg [error-unrecognized-form], mbríg
  1. force, power Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bríg-sga-noun-fOhoaYdJ
  2. value, virtue Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bríg-sga-noun-ajQ~hBx8
  3. strength, vigour, vitality Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bríg-sga-noun-Xf3F~3qX Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brígach, brigda, brígmar 
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "brígach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "brigda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "brígmar"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "brí"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: brí",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: brí"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "bree"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: bree",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: bree"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "brìgh"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: brìgh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: brìgh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*brīgā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "power, worth"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *brīgā (“power, worth”), an alternative form of *brīgos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-a-fem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríga",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríge",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brígaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brígaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbríg",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bríg f",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "bríg f",
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "bríg"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-a-fem"
    },
    {
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        "acc_du": "bríg+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "bríga+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bríg+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ā-f",
        "dat_du": "brígaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "brígaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "bríg+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bríg+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "bríg+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "bríge+H",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bríg+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "bríga+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "bríg+L",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
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        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "bríga+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "bríg+L",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "force, power"
      ],
      "id": "en-bríg-sga-noun-fOhoaYdJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "value, virtue"
      ],
      "id": "en-bríg-sga-noun-ajQ~hBx8",
      "links": [
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strength, vigour, vitality"
      ],
      "id": "en-bríg-sga-noun-Xf3F~3qX",
      "links": [
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour"
        ],
        [
          "vitality",
          "vitality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲrʲiːɣ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲrʲiːɣʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bríg"
}

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    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish feminine nouns",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish ā-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brígach"
    },
    {
      "word": "brigda"
    },
    {
      "word": "brígmar"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "brí"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: brí",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: brí"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "bree"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "brìgh"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: brìgh"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*brīgā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "power, worth"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *brīgā (“power, worth”), an alternative form of *brīgos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-a-fem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríga",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríga",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríge",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brígaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brígaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bríg",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbríg",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g": "f",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "bríg f",
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    }
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        "1": "bríg"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-a-fem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bríg+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "bríga+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bríg+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ā-f",
        "dat_du": "brígaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "brígaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "bríg+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bríg+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "bríg+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "bríge+H",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bríg+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "bríga+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
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        "voc_du3": "",
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        "voc_pl3": "",
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        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
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  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "force, power"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "value, virtue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "virtue",
          "virtue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strength, vigour, vitality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour"
        ],
        [
          "vitality",
          "vitality"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲrʲiːɣ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲrʲiːɣʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bríg"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bríg meaning in Old Irish (4.3kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bríg/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "bríg"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bríg",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "bríg"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bríg",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "bríg"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bríg",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for mbríg",
  "path": [
    "bríg"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bríg",
  "trace": ""
}

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