brwyn

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bruːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /brʊi̯n/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯n

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh brwyn, from Proto-Celtic *brugnos. Cognate with Irish brón.

Noun

brwyn m (uncountable)

1. sorrow, sadness

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *brīnika (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), see also Old English brogne, perhaps related to the root of English brush.

Noun

brwyn f pl (singulative brwynen)

1. rushes (plants of the genus Juncus; their stems used as a material)

Derived terms

• cannwyll frwyn (“rushlight”)

Mutation

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