brid

See also: bríd and Bríd

Maltese

Root
b-r-d
11 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

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

• bred, bredd, brede, bridd, bryd
• berd, bird, birde, bord, burd, byrd, byrde (metathetic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brid/
• IPA^(key): /bird/, /burd/ (metathetic)

Noun

brid (plural briddes)

1. A bird (of any age)

   Synonym: foul

   • 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, folio 6, verso, 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."

2. A young bird; a chick.
3. A baby; a young animal (in reference to humans or non-mammals)
4. A term of affection or derogation.
5. (uncommon) Any winged animal.

Related terms

• bridlim

Descendants

• English: bird
• Scots: bird
• Yola: burdès (plural)

References

• “brid, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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), 2006–2026

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”).

Noun

brid

1. (zoology) deer, stag
   • 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 26:

     jełen [jeleń] — brid

     deer

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