brwsh

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /brʊʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊʃ

Noun

brwsh m (plural brwshys or brwsiau)

  1. brush
  2. broom
    Synonym: ysgubell

Derived terms
  • 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
Welsh mutation
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
  • 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
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