brwsh

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)

1. brush
2. 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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brwsh	frwsh	mrwsh	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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