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”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈbrʊɨ̯dr̩]
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʊi̯dr/, [ˈbrʊi̯dr̩]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʊi̯dɪr/
• 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