braint

Welsh

Alternative forms

• brain

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėnt, from Proto-Celtic *brigantī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brai̯nt/
• Rhymes: -ai̯nt

Noun

braint f (plural breintiau or breiniau or breinau or breinioedd or breinion)

1. privilege
2. burial plot (priveliged to a specified family)

Derived terms

• breinio (“to privilege, to endow”)
• breiniol (“privileged, enfranchised”)
• breinlen (“charter”)
• breintal (“bonus, royalty”)
• dinasfraint (“citizenship, freedom”)
• etholfraint (“franchise, right to vote”)
• hawddfraint (“easement”)
• hawlfraint (“copyright”)
• masnachfraint (“franchise”)
• rhagorfraint (“privilege, right, prerogative”)
• rhyddfraint (“emancipation”)

Adjective

braint (feminine singular braint, plural braint, equative breinied, comparative breiniach, superlative breiniaf)

1. privileged

Mutation

Mutated forms of braint

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
braint	fraint	mraint	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “braint”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “braint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies