brither

Scots

Alternative forms

• breeder, bridder, broder, brother, bruther, bruyther

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɪðər]
• (Doric Scots, Shetland) IPA^(key): [ˈbridər]
• (some Glasgow speakers) IPA^(key): [ˈbrʌrə] (also spelled brurra)
• (some Edinburgh speakers) IPA^(key): [braːr] (also spelled brar or brur)

Noun

brither (plural brithers or brether or breder or breether or breither)

1. brother

Derived terms

• brither-bairn
• brither-dochter
• brither-sin
• britherheid
• guid-brither (“brother-in-law”)
• mither-brither (“maternal uncle”)

References

• “brother, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “brither, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.