brìg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Norse brík (“thin board”)

Noun

brìg f (genitive singular brìge, plural brìgean) (Skye)

1. heap of peats or potatoes stacked with boards in a corner of a house
2. (generally) heap, pile, stack

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “brìg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN