brwydr

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh brwydyr, from Proto-Brythonic *bruɨdr, from Proto-Celtic *breitrā (“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) battle ==== Derived terms ==== brwydr yr iaith (“the battle for the Welsh language”) brwydro (“to battle, to fight”) brwydrwr (“battler, fighter”) === Mutation === === 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