brìgh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• brìogh

Etymology

From Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”), 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).

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
6. fizz, sparkle (in sparkling or fizzy drinks or pop)

Synonyms

• (sense): ciallachadh, seagh

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “flat, still”): gun brìgh

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “brìgh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bríg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language