brych

See also: Brych

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh brych, from Proto-Brythonic *brɨx, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /brɨːχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /briːχ/
• Rhymes: -ɨːχ

Adjective

brych (feminine singular brech, plural brychion, equative bryched, comparative brychach, superlative brychaf)

1. mottled, speckled, brindled

   Synonym: brith

Derived terms

• brech (“pox; inoculation”)
• brych aeliog (“eyebrowed thrush”)
• brychau (“spots”)
• brychddu (“mottled black or brown”)
• brychu (“to dapple, to mottle”)
• cath frech (“tabby cat”)
• gweirlöyn brych (“speckled wood”)
• pys brych (“partridge peas”)

 

Noun

brych m (plural brychau)

1. blemish, freckle

   Synonym: sbot haf

2. placenta, afterbirth

Mutation

Mutated forms of brych

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brych	frych	mrych	unchanged

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