brech

See also: brec'h and Bréch

German

Verb

brech

1. (colloquial) first-person singular present of brechen

   Synonym: (standard) breche

2. (colloquial) singular imperative of brechen

   Synonym: (standard) brich

Old Cornish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin bracchium (British), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

brech

1. arm
   • c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 7 recto:

     Brachium. brech.

     Arm. — arm.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːχ/

Adjective

brech f

1. feminine singular of brych

Noun

brech m (plural brechau or brechod)

1. rash, pox

   Synonyms: tarddiant, (North Wales) cawod

2. (rare, historical) inoculation, vaccination

   Synonym: brechiad

Derived terms

• brech y moch (“cowpox, swinepox”)
• brech y mwnci (“monkeypox”)
• brech yr Almaen, y frech Almaenig (“German measles”)
• brech yr ieir (“chickenpox”)
• brechiad (“vaccination”)
• brechlyn (“vaccine”)
• brechlys (“chickweed”)
• brechu (“to vaccinate”)
• y frech ddu (“black measles”)
• y frech fawr, y frech Ffrengig, y frech boeth, y frech losg (“syphilis”)
• y frech goch (“measles”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brech

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brech	frech	mrech	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.