briw

Khasi

Alternative forms

• briew

Noun

briw

1. person

   u briw

   man

   ka/ku briw

   woman

   ki briw

   people; persons

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish brithem (“judge, arbiter”).

Noun

briw m (genitive singular briw, plural briwnyn)

1. judge, brehon

Derived terms

• ard-vriw
• lhiass-vriw

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
briw	vriw	mriw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Alternative forms

• brīu, brīġ, briiw, briiġ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brīw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːw/

Noun

brīw m

1. oatmeal, porridge

Declension

Declension of briw (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brīw	brīwas
accusative	brīw	brīwas
genitive	brīwes	brīwa
dative	brīwe	brīwum

Derived terms

• ġebrīwan

Descendants

• Middle English: breie, bre
  • Scots: brie
  • English: bree

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cf. brau (“brittle, weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Noun

briw m (plural briwiau)

1. cut, sore, wound
2. bruise

   Synonym: clais

3. ulcer
4. afterbirth

   Synonym: brych

Derived terms

• briwo (“to smash, to wound, to mangle”)
• briweg (“stonecrop”)
• chwilbriw (“shattered”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
briw	friw	mriw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “briw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies