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brìgh

brìgh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Noun

brìgh f (genitive singular brìgh, plural brìghean)

  1. meaning, sense
  2. substance, essence, gist, point, drift (of argument etc)
  3. pith, sap, juice (of plants, fruit etc)
  4. energy, strength
  5. significance, purport, moment

Synonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
brìgh bhrìgh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • bríg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.