braint
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėnt, from Proto-Celtic *brigantī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
braint f (plural breintiau or breiniau or breinau or breinioedd or breinion)
Derived terms edit
- breinio (“to privilege, to endow”)
- breiniol (“privileged, enfranchised”)
- breinlen (“charter”)
- breintal (“bonus, royalty”)
- dinasfraint (“citizenship, freedom”)
- etholfraint (“franchise, right to vote”)
- hawddfraint (“easement”)
- hawlfraint (“copyright”)
- masnachfraint (“franchise”)
- rhagorfraint (“privilege, right, prerogative”)
- rhyddfraint (“emancipation”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| braint | fraint | mraint | 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), “braint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies