brwydr
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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