brid

See also: bríd and Bríd

Maltese

Root
b-r-d
11 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /briːt/

Noun

brid m (instance noun barda)

  1. verbal noun of barad: filing

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bridd, of disputed origin.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brid/

Noun

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
Declension of brid
singular plural
nominative, accusative brid briddes
genitive briddes briddes
dative bridde bridde
  • bridlim
Descendants
  • English: bird
  • Scots: bird
  • Yola: burdès (plural)
References

Etymology 2

Noun

brid

  1. alternative form of bride (“bride”)

Etymology 3

Noun

brid

  1. alternative form of bred (“bread”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brȋd m inan (Cyrillic spelling бри̑д)

  1. (graph theory) edge

Further reading

  • “brid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bréidis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreydʰ-. Compare Lithuanian bri̇́edis (“elk, moose”), Latvian briêdis (“deer, stag; (originally) elk”), Old Prussian braydis (“elk”).[1][2]

Noun

brid

  1. (zoology) deer, stag
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 26, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      jełen [jeleń] — brid
      jełen [jeleń] — deer

References

  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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /briːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd
  • Homophone: bryd (“aim”) (South Wales)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English breed.

Noun

brid m (plural bridiau)

  1. breed
    Synonyms: hil, âl
Derived terms
  • bridfa (“ breeding centre, breeding ground”)
  • bridio (“to breed”)
  • bridiog (“pedigree”)
  • bridiol (“relating to breeding”)
  • bridiwr (“breeder”)

Mutation

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

Noun

brid

  1. soft mutation of prid (“expensive”)

Mutation

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.

References

  • 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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