See also: bríd and Bríd

Maltese

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Root
b-r-d
11 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brid m (instance noun barda)

  1. verbal noun of barad: filing

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English bridd, of disputed origin.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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brid (plural briddes)

  1. a young bird, a bird in general
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alle ſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.
      Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."
Declension
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Descendants
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  • English: bird
  • Scots: bird
  • Yola: burdès (plural)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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brid

  1. Alternative form of bride (bride)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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brid

  1. Alternative form of bred (bread)

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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brȋd m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑д)

  1. (graph theory) edge

Further reading

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  • brid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian bríedis (elk, moose), Latvian briêdis (deer, stag; (originally) elk), Old Prussian braydis (elk).[1][2]

Noun

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brid

  1. (zoology) deer, stag

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 70:brid ‘elnias, l. jełen’ 26.
  2. ^ bríedis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. brid Hirsch”.

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English breed.

Noun

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brid m (plural bridiau)

  1. breed
    Synonyms: hil, âl
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of brid
radical soft nasal aspirate
brid frid mrid unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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brid

  1. Soft mutation of prid (expensive).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of prid
radical soft nasal aspirate
prid brid mhrid phrid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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