brân

See also: bran, Bran, and brån

Welsh
brain

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂-.

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Polish wrona.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /braːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

brân f (plural brain)

  1. crow; rook; raven

Derived terms
  • brân bigwen (“rook”)
  • brân dyddyn (“carrion crow”)
  • brân fraith (“pied crow”)
  • brân goesgoch (“chough”)
  • brân lwyd (“hooded crow”)
  • brân y goedwig (“large-billed crow”)
  • brân y tai (“house crow”)
  • cadfran (“rook”)
  • cigfran (“raven”)
  • fel yr hed y frân (“as the crow flies”)
  • gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
  • traed brain (“mess”)
  • ydfran (“rook”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
brân frân mrân unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

brân c (plural brannen, diminutive brantsje)

  1. fire, occurrence of fire

Further reading
  • “brân (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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