brwydr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh brwydyr, from Proto-Celtic *brētrā (“word”), also "battle," perhaps related to *brē-, *bri- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike”); compare Old Irish bríathar (“word”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbrʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈbrʊɨ̯dr̩]
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈbrʊi̯dr/, [ˈbrʊi̯dr̩]
  • Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯dr

Noun

brwydr f (plural brwydrau)

  1. battle

Derived terms
  • brwydr yr iaith (“the battle for the Welsh language”)
  • brwydro (“to battle, to fight”)
  • brwydrwr (“battler, fighter”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
brwydr frwydr mrwydr 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), “brwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 166, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 166
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