# bri
## Albanian
### Etymology

* From Proto-Albanian *brina, from pre-Albanian *bʰr̥nos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrendos (“stag, red deer”). Cognate to Messapic bréndon (“deer”), Thracian Brendike, Swedish brinde (“elk”), Lithuanian bríedis (“elk”).
* Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”), although the semantic development would be unique for this root.
* From an older brī, from Proto-Albanian *brii̯a- (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European: *bʰrii̯o- or *bʰriHo-. The plural form brina, brirë comes from Proto-Albanian *brii̯ena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾi/ (Standard, Tosk)
* IPA: /bɹĩː/ (Gheg)
* IPA: /bɹiː/ (Gheg)

### Noun

bri m (plural brirë, definite briri) (Tosk) bri m (plural brina, definite brini) (Gheg)
* horn
* antler
* rib

#### Declension

Tosk declension: Note: This noun is masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.
Gheg declension: Note: This noun is masculine in the singular, and feminine in the plural.

#### Derived terms

* brith
* bori

#### Related terms

* brini (Gheg)
* brina (Gheg)

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bri ~ brî”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 36-7
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
* ↑ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “bri”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen

## Bahnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *briː (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /briː/

### Noun

bri
* forest

## Catalan
### Etymology

Unknown; possibly of Gaulish origin from *brinos (“filament, fiber”). (Compare French brin, Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾi]

### Noun

bri m (plural brins)
* thread, strand
** 1970, Pau Riba, “Canço sèptima en colors”, in Dioptria:El vent m'ha dut grans de blat / i com que ja és primavera / les espigues s'han llevat / per damunt dels brins de l'herba(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (figurative) bit, modicum (a small amount of something)
    un bri d'esperança ― a ray of hope

#### Derived terms

* esbrinar

#### Related terms

* breny

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

### Further reading

* “bri” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bri”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bri” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bri” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Garo
### Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *Brɯi¹ (“four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj (“four”). Cognate with Tibetan བཞི (bzhi), Burmese လေး (le:).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bri/

### Numeral

bri
* four

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *briː (“forest, wild”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ. Cognate with Khasi bri (“grove”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bri/

### Noun

bri
* place, area

## Sranan Tongo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾi/

### Verb

bri
* Contraction of bribi.

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh bri, from Proto-Brythonic *briɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”) (compare Old Irish bríg (“force, power”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-g-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /briː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Noun

bri m (plural briau)
* honour, esteem

#### Synonyms

* anrhydedd
* parch

### Mutation

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