brwsh
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English brush, Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusgo-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brwsh m (plural brwshys or brwsiau)
Derived terms
[edit]- brwsh aer (“air brush”)
- brwsh blew (“bristle brush”)
- brwsh dannedd (“toothbrush”)
- brwsh dillad (“clothes brush”)
- brwsh dyfrliw (“watercolour brush”)
- brwsh gwallt (“hair brush”)
- brwsh llawr (“floor brush”)
- brwsh paent (“paintbrush”)
- brwsh sgwrio (“scouring brush”)
- brwsh siafio (“shaving brush”)
- brwsh sythu (“brush used to size warp in a loom”)
- brwsio (“to brush”)
- coes brwsh (“brush handle”)
- strôc brwsh (“brush stroke”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brwsh | frwsh | mrwsh | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brwsh”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms borrowed from English
- Welsh terms derived from English
- Welsh terms derived from Old French
- Welsh terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Welsh terms derived from Frankish
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊʃ
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊʃ/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns