brych

See also: Brych

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brikkos.[1]

Pronunciation

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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
brych frych mrych 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), “brych”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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