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Webster 1913 Edition

Brig

Brig

,
Noun.
A bridge.
[Scot.]
Burns.

Brig

,
Noun.
[Shortened from
Brigantine
.]
(Naut.)
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Hermaphrodite brig
,
a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brig

BRIG

, the termination of names, signifies a bridge, or perhaps, in some cases, a town, or burg.

BRIG

,
Noun.
[from brigantine.] A vessel with two masts, square rigged,or rigged nearly like a ship's mainmast and foremast. The term, however, is variously applied by the mariners of different nations.

Definition 2025

bríg

bríg

See also: brig

Old Irish

Noun

bríg f

  1. force, power
  2. value, virtue
  3. strength, vigour, vitality

Inflection

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

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.

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲrʲiːɣ/

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