brych

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh brych, from Proto-Brythonic *brɨx, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /brɨːχ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /briːχ/
Rhymes: -ɨːχ

Adjective

brych (feminine singular brech, plural brychion, equative bryched, comparative brychach, superlative brychaf)

mottled, speckled, brindled
Synonym: brith

Derived terms

brech (“pox; inoculation”)
brych aeliog (“eyebrowed thrush”)
brych picoch (“red-billed thrush”)
brychau (“spots”)
brychddu (“mottled black or brown”)
brychlas (“dapple grey”)
brychu (“to dapple, to mottle”)
cath frech (“tabby cat”)
gweirlöyn brych (“speckled wood”)
pys brych (“partridge peas”)

Noun

brych m (plural brychau)

blemish, freckle
Synonym: sbot haf
placenta, afterbirth

Mutation

Mutated forms of *brych*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brych	frych	mrych	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), “brych”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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