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

Mutation of brìgh

radical	lenition
brìgh	bhrìgh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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