brwydr
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh brwydyr, from Proto-Celtic *brētrā (“word”), also "battle," perhaps related to *brē-, *bri- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike”); compare Old Irish bríathar (“word”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbrʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈbrʊɨ̯dr̩]
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈbrʊi̯dr/, [ˈbrʊi̯dr̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbrʊi̯dɪr/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯dr
Noun
[edit]brwydr f (plural brwydrau)
Derived terms
[edit]- brwydr yr iaith (“the battle for the Welsh language”)
- brwydro (“to battle, to fight”)
- brwydrwr (“battler, fighter”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brwydr | frwydr | mrwydr | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 166, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 166
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯dr
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯dr/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns