berw

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrʊ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːru/, /ˈbɛru/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *berw, from Proto-Celtic *berwos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-o-s, from *bʰerw- (“to boil, brew”).

Adjective

berw (feminine singular berw, plural berw, not comparable)

1. boiled, boiling

Noun

berw m (plural berwon)

1. a boiling
2. boiled liquid, boiled or stewed food
3. waterfall
4. agitation, commotion, bustle

Derived terms

• ar ferw (“at the boil, on the boil”)
• ar y berw (“at the boil, on the boil”)
• berw gwyllt (“uproar, hive of activity”)
• berwi (“to boil”)
• dŵr berw (“boiling water”)
• llygad y berw (“centre of something boiling”)
• oddi ar y berw (“off the boil”)
• pwdin berw (“boiled pudding”)
• sucan berw (“flummery”)

Etymology 2

Noun

berw f (collective, singulative berwen)

1. Alternative form of berwr (“cress”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of berw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
berw	ferw	merw	unchanged

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