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WELSH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

brau.

brittle, fragile, frail, weak

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/braɨ̯/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/brai̯/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/brɔi̯/South-Wales, colloquial

  1. brittle, fragile, frail, weak

  2. morally weak, rotten

    figuratively

  3. perishable (of goods)

  4. tender (of food)

  5. loose (of soil)

  6. crumbly, short

  7. forthright, candid, harsh, blunt, brutally honest

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh breu, from Proto-Celtic *bruseti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break apart, to shred”). Cognate with Cornish brew, Old Irish bruid. See also: briw (“wound, injury”).

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