brither
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbrɪðər]
- (Doric Scots, Shetland) IPA(key): [ˈbridər]
- (some Glasgow speakers) IPA(key): [ˈbrʌrə] (also spelled brurra)
- (some Edinburgh speakers) IPA(key): [braːr] (also spelled brar or brur)
Noun
brither (plural brithers or brether or breder or breether or breither)
Derived terms
- brither-bairn
- brither-dochter
- brither-sin
- britherheid
- guid-brither (“brother-in-law”)
- mither-brither (“maternal uncle”)
References
- “brother, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 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.
- “brither, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.