brig
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹɪɡ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Etymology 1
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Descendants
- → French: brick
- → Romanian: bric
- → Turkish: brik
- → Irish: bruig
Translations
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See also
- hermaphrodite brig
- gun-brig
Etymology 2
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- 1790, Burns, Robert, Tam o' Shanter:
- Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
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Etymology 3
Clipping of brigadier
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- Brigadier.
Derived terms
- brig rat
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- BIRG, RGBI
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bryċġ.
Noun
brig
- Alternative form of brigge
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.
Noun
brig
- bridge
Alternative forms
- brigg, bryg, bregg
Descendants
- Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
- → English: brig, brigg
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲrʲiɣʲ/
Noun
brig
- inflection of brí:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
brig | brig pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ | mbrig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brik/
Noun
brig m
- bank, shore (of a river)
Scots
Alternative forms
- brigg, breeg
Etymology
From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.
Noun
brig
- bridge
- Stirling Brig ― Stirling Bridge
- The craic brig ― The craic bridge (craic is an Irish spelling of the word crack, but both spellings have the same meaning)
- 1839, The Life of Mansie Wauch:
- “Dinna flatter me,” said James; […] replacing his glasses on the brig of his nose, he then read us a screed of metre […].
- “Don’t flatter me,” said James; […] replacing his glasses on the bridge of his nose, he then read us a screed of metre.
Descendants
- → English: brig, brigg
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ekavian): brȇg
- (Ijekavian): brijȇg
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-.
Noun
brȋg m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑г)
- hill, hillock (smaller hill)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | brig | brigovi |
genitive | briga | brigova |
dative | brigu | brigovima |
accusative | brig | brigove |
vocative | briže | brigovi |
locative | brigu | brigovima |
instrumental | brigom | brigovima |
Related terms
- brižje
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /briːɡ/
- Rhymes: -iːɡ
Noun
brig m (plural brigau)
- crest, peak, summit, top
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brig | frig | mrig | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |