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brwyn.

sorrow, sadness

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/bruːɨ̯n/North-Wales/brʊi̯n/South-Wales
  1. sorrow, sadness

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh brwyn, from Proto-Celtic *brugnos. Cognate with Irish brón.

noun/bruːɨ̯n/North-Wales/brʊi̯n/South-Wales
  1. rushes (plants of the genus Juncus, or the stems thereof used as a material)

    feminine · plural
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *brīnika (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), see also Old English brogne, perhaps related to the root of English brush.

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