brein
Appearance
See also: bréin
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)
Synonyms
[edit]- (brain): hersenen
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish brú, broinn (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”).
Noun
[edit]brein f (genitive singular breinney)
Derived terms
[edit]- beeal ny breinney, mhuinneel ny breinney (“cervix”)
- brein lhuingey (“hold”)
- brein ny thallooin (“bowels of the earth”)
- çhingys breinney (“womb illness”)
- cowrey breinney (“birthmark”)
- gorley breinney (“hysteria”)
- kanghyr ny breinney (“uterine cancer”)
- veih'n vrein (“congenital”)
Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brein | vrein | mrein |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Torres Strait Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]brein
Volapük
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brein (nominative plural breins)
Declension
[edit]declension of brein
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Noun
[edit]brein n (plural breinen)
Further reading
[edit]- “brein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri.
Noun
[edit]brein n (no plural)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “brein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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