brig

See also: bríg and Brig

English
a Brig-rigged vessel

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)

  1. (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  2. (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
See also

Etymology 2

From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

  1. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.

Etymology 3

Clipping of brigadier

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

  1. Brigadier.
Derived terms

References
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bryċġ.

Noun

brig

  1. Alternative form of brigge

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.

Noun

brig

  1. bridge
Alternative forms
Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲrʲiɣʲ/

Noun

brig

  1. inflection of brí:
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

  1. bank, shore (of a river)

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.

Noun

brig

  1. 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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bergъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

brȋg m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑г)

  1. hill, hillock (smaller hill)

Declension
Declension of brig
singular plural
nominative brig brigovi
genitive briga brigova
dative brigu brigovima
accusative brig brigove
vocative briže brigovi
locative brigu brigovima
instrumental brigom brigovima
  • brižje

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /briːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ

Noun

brig m (plural brigau)

  1. crest, peak, summit, top

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
brig frig mrig unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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