briw

Khasi

Alternative forms

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

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
briwvriwmriw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Alternative forms

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

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
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