brwyn

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /bruːɨ̯n/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /brʊi̯n/ Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯n === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh brwyn, from Proto-Celtic *brugnos. Cognate with Irish brón. ==== Noun ==== brwyn m (uncountable) sorrow, sadness === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Noun ==== brwyn f pl (singulative brwynen) rushes (plants of the genus Juncus, or the stems thereof used as a material) Synonyms: hesg, pabwyr ===== Derived terms ===== cannwyll frwyn (“rushlight”) penddu'r brwyn (“Eurasian blackcap”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “rush”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “brwyn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin