briw

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Alternative forms

Noun

briw

  1. person
    u briw
    man
    ka/ku briw
    woman
    ki briw
    people; persons

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem (“judge, arbiter”).

Noun

briw m (genitive singular briw, plural briwnyn)

  1. judge, brehon

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
briw vriw mriw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brīw.

Pronunciation

Noun

brīw m

  1. oatmeal, porridge

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative brīw brīwas
accusative brīw brīwas
genitive brīwes brīwa
dative brīwe brīwum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: breie, bre

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bruseti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). Cognate with Irish brúigh (“crush”) and Latin frūstum (“piece, bit”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

briw m (plural briwiau)

  1. cut, sore, wound
  2. bruise
    Synonym: clais
  3. ulcer
  4. afterbirth
    Synonym: brych

Derived terms

  • brifo (“to hurt, to injure”)
  • briwo (“to smash, to wound, to mangle”)
  • briweg (“stonecrop”)
  • chwilbriw (“shattered”)
  • brau (“brittle, weak”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of briw
radical soft nasal aspirate
briw friw mriw unchanged

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

References

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