брига

• Borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”), probably via Serbo-Croatian.
• Deverbial from бри́жа се (bríža se, “to be engaged [with]”) (dialectal, obsolete) +‎ -а (-a).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbriɡɐ]

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бри́га • (bríga) f (dialectal)

1. worry, bother, concern
2. (obsolete) obligation, duty, engagement

• брига́да (brigáda, “brigade”) (French borrowing from the same source)

• “брига”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брига”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 78
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “бри́га”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 71

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʲiɡə]

бри́га • (bríga) m inan

1. genitive singular of бриг (brig)

• IPA^(key): /brîɡa/
• Hyphenation: бри‧га

бри̏га f (Latin spelling brȉga)

1. worry
2. trouble
3. care
4. bother
5. concern