brwyn

Welsh

Pronunciation

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.[1]

Noun

brwyn f pl (singulative brwynen)

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

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.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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