brisg

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish brisc, from Proto-Celtic *briskos.[1] Cognate with Irish briosc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brisg

  1. brisk, lively, agile, active
  2. brittle
  3. tender (of flesh)
  4. mettlesome (of a horse)
  5. alert, ready
  6. hasty

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
brisg bhrisg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

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