briga

See also: Briga

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /briɡaː/

Noun

brigā f

  1. hill
  2. fortress

Usage notes

Found in toponyms as the suffix -briga, and as the base of the ethnonym Brigantes.

Declension
    declension of briga (Transalpine)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative brigā brigās
Vocative brigā brigās
Accusative brigan1, brigim2 brigās
Genitive brigās1, brigiās2 briganom
Dative brigī brigābo
Instrumental brigia1, brigī2 brigābi
Locative brigī brigābo
1 early forms, 2 late forms

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-78

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbri.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: brì‧ga

Etymology 1

From Germanic (Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”)) or Celtic, from Proto-Celtic *brigā; compare Welsh bri (“power”), Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”).

Noun

briga f (plural brighe)

  1. trouble, bother
    prendersi la briga ― to take the trouble
Descendants
  • → Galician: briga
  • → Portuguese: briga
  • → Serbo-Croatian: briga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

briga

  1. inflection of brigare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading
  • briga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • briga in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • briga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • brìga in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • briga in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • brìga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese brigar.

Verb

briga (Sotavento)

  1. fight
  2. argue
    Synonym: (Sotavento) diskuti

References
  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɾi.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɾi.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from brigar.[1] Alternatively, borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”).[2]

Noun

briga f (plural brigas)

  1. fight (physical confrontation)
    Synonyms: luta, rixa, peleja, pugilato, desavença

Verb

briga

  1. inflection of brigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. “briga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “briga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brîɡa/
  • Hyphenation: bri‧ga

Noun

brȉga f (Cyrillic spelling бри̏га)

  1. worry, concern
  2. trouble, bother
  3. care; nurture

Declension
Declension of briga
singular plural
nominative brȉga brȉge
genitive brȉgē brȋgā
dative brȉzi brȉgama
accusative brȉgu brȉge
vocative brȉgo brȉge
locative brȉzi brȉgama
instrumental brȉgōm brȉgama

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian briga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bríːɡa/

Noun

brȋga f

  1. care

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. bríga
gen. sing. bríge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 bríga brígi bríge
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 bríge bríg bríg
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 brígi brígama brígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 brígo brígi bríge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 brígi brígah brígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 brígo brígama brígami

Further reading
  • “briga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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