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.)‎, 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

Noun

brid

  1. Alternative form of bride (“bride”)

Noun

brid

  1. Alternative form of bred (“bread”)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brȋd m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑д)

  1. (graph theory) edge

Further reading
  • “brid” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sudovian

Etymology

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

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
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
brid frid mrid unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

brid

  1. Soft mutation of prid (“expensive”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
prid brid mhrid phrid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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