braw

== Scots == === Alternative forms === bra', braa, bragh === Etymology === From Middle English brave, borrowed from the French. Compare Swedish bra (“good; fine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɑː/ (Northern Isles, Northern Scots) IPA(key): /braː/ === Adjective === braw (comparative mair braw, superlative maist braw) fine, handsome, good ==== Derived terms ==== brawlike === Noun === braw (plural braws) (in the plural) Sunday best === References === “braw, a.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “braw, adj., adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /braːu̯/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /brau̯/ Rhymes: -au̯ === Noun === braw m (plural brawiau) fright, terror, dread Synonyms: dychryn, arswyd, ofn ==== Derived terms ==== difraw (“fearless”) brawychu (“to frighten”) brawychus (“frightful, terrifying”) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “braw”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “braw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies