brwsh

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Welsh

Alternative forms

brws

Etymology

Borrowed from English brush, Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brʊʃ/
Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Noun

brwsh m (plural brwshys or brwsiau)

brush
broom
Synonym: ysgubell

Derived terms

brwsh aer (“air brush”)
brwsh blew (“bristle brush”)
brwsh dannedd (“toothbrush”)
brwsh dillad (“clothes brush”)
brwsh dyfrliw (“watercolour brush”)
brwsh gwallt (“hair brush”)
brwsh llawr (“floor brush”)
brwsh paent (“paintbrush”)
brwsh sgwrio (“scouring brush”)
brwsh siafio (“shaving brush”)
brwsh sythu (“brush used to size warp in a loom”)
brwsio (“to brush”)
coes brwsh (“brush handle”)
strôc brwsh (“brush stroke”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *brwsh*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brwsh	frwsh	mrwsh	unchanged

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

References

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

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