brwyn

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bruːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /brʊi̯n/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯n

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh brwyn, from Proto-Celtic *brugnos. Cognate with Irish brón.

Noun

brwyn m (uncountable)

1. sorrow, sadness

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *brīnika (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), see also Old English brogne, perhaps related to the root of English brush.

Noun

brwyn f pl (singulative brwynen)

1. rushes (plants of the genus Juncus, or the stems thereof used as a material)

   Synonyms: hesg, pabwyr

Derived terms

• cannwyll frwyn (“rushlight”)
• penddu'r brwyn (“Eurasian blackcap”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brwyn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brwyn	frwyn	mrwyn	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “rush”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “brwyn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin