briweg

Welsh

Etymology

briw (“cut, sore, bruise, ulcer”) +‎ -eg

Pronunciation

• (standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪu̯.ɛɡ/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɪu̯.aɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯.ɛɡ

Noun

briweg f (uncountable)

1. stonecrop, succulent plants in the Sedum genus

Synonyms

• briwydd y cerrig
• bywydog
• cen y cerrig
• cip y cerrig
• crafion y cerrig
• ewinedd y gath
• llwyn y fagwyr
• llysieuyn y fagwyr
• pig y deryn

 

Derived hyponyms

• briweg boeth (“biting stonecrop”)
• briweg Camtsiatca (“Kamchatka stonecrop”)
• briweg Colorado (“Colorado stonecrop”)
• briweg dail gwlydd (“chickweed stonecrop”)
• briweg dewddail (“thick-leaved stonecrop”)
• briweg droellog (“whorl-leaved stonecrop”)
• briweg dywyll (“dark stonecrop”)
• briweg ddiflas (“tasteless stonecrop”)
• briweg fach (“least stonecrop”)
• briweg fach Mecsico (“lesser Mexico stonecrop”)
• briweg fân-flodeuog (“small-flowered stonecrop”)
• briweg fawr Mecsico (“greater Mexico stonecrop”)
• briweg felen (“reflexed stonecrop”)
• briweg felenwen (“creamish stonecrop”)
• briweg flewog (“hairy stonecrop”)
• briweg flynyddol (“annual stonecrop”)
• briweg fwsoglyd (“mossy stonecrop”)
• briweg gochlyd (“reddish stonecrop”)
• briweg Gymreig (“rock stonecrop”)
• briweg iâr fach yr haf (“butterfly stonecrop”)
• briweg lwyddail (“Colorado stonecrop”)
• briweg orweddol (“Caucasian stonecrop”)
• briweg rosliw (“pink stonecrop”)
• briweg Sbaen (“Spanish stonecrop”)
• briweg welw (“pale stonecrop”)
• briweg wen (“white stonecrop”)
• briweg y cariadon (“love-restoring stonecrop”)
• briweg y Cawcasws (“Caucasian stonecrop”)
• briweg y cerrig (“English stonecrop”)
• briweg y graig (“rock stonecrop”)
• briweg y mynydd (“Alpine stonecrop”)
• briweg-y-Cawcasws fach (“lesser Caucasian stonecrop”)

 

Other derived terms

• eilun briweg (“dwarf cherleria”)

Non-derived hyponyms

• bywydog felen (“yellow stonecrop”)
• claearllys (“biting stonecrop”)
• gwenith y brain (“English stonecrop”)
• llysieuyn melyn y fagwyr (“biting stonecrop”)
• pidyn modryb (“yellow stonecrop”)
• pupur y fagwyr (“biting stonecrop”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎^[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 28‎^[2]
• Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary 1995: University of Wales Press, Cardiff. Bruce Griffiths and Dafydd Glyn Jones, eds.
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “briweg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies