brither
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbrɪðər]
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Noun
brither (plural brithers or brether or breither)
Derived terms
- brither-bairn
- brither-dochter
- guid-brither (“brother-in-law”)
- mither-brither (“maternal uncle”)
Further reading
- “brither” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- "brother" in The Orkney Dictionary, 1996, by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb
- "bridder" in John J Graham's Shetland Dictionary
- "brothers" John J Graham's English-Shetland Word List
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