brein
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
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