briweg

Welsh

Etymology

briw (“cut, sore, bruise, ulcer”) +‎ -eg

Pronunciation
  • (standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbrɪu̯.ɛɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪu̯.ɛɡ

Noun

briweg f (uncountable)

  1. stonecrop, succulent plants in the Sedum genus

Synonyms

Derived hyponyms
  • briweg boeth (“biting stonecrop”)
  • briweg Camtsiatca (“Kamchatka stonecrop”)
  • briweg Colorado (“Colorado stonecrop”)
  • briweg dail gwlydd (“chickweed stonecrop”)
  • briweg dewddail (“thick-leaved stonecrop”)
  • briweg droellog (“whorl-leaved stonecrop”)
  • briweg dywyll (“dark stonecrop”)
  • briweg ddiflas (“tasteless stonecrop”)
  • briweg fach (“least stonecrop”)
  • briweg fach Mecsico (“lesser Mexico stonecrop”)
  • briweg fân-flodeuog (“small-flowered stonecrop”)
  • briweg fawr Mecsico (“greater Mexico stonecrop”)
  • briweg felen (“reflexed stonecrop”)
  • briweg felenwen (“creamish stonecrop”)
  • briweg flewog (“hairy stonecrop”)
  • briweg flynyddol (“annual stonecrop”)
  • briweg fwsoglyd (“mossy stonecrop”)
  • briweg gochlyd (“reddish stonecrop”)
  • briweg Gymreig (“rock stonecrop”)
  • briweg iâr fach yr haf (“butterfly stonecrop”)
  • briweg lwyddail (“Colorado stonecrop”)
  • briweg orweddol (“Caucasian stonecrop”)
  • briweg rosliw (“pink stonecrop”)
  • briweg Sbaen (“Spanish stonecrop”)
  • briweg welw (“pale stonecrop”)
  • briweg wen (“white stonecrop”)
  • briweg y cariadon (“love-restoring stonecrop”)
  • briweg y Cawcasws (“Caucasian stonecrop”)
  • briweg y cerrig (“English stonecrop”)
  • briweg y graig (“rock stonecrop”)
  • briweg y mynydd (“Alpine stonecrop”)
  • briweg-y-Cawcasws fach (“lesser Caucasian stonecrop”)

Other derived terms
  • eilun briweg (“dwarf cherleria”)

Non-derived hyponyms
  • bywydog felen (“yellow stonecrop”)
  • claearllys (“biting stonecrop”)
  • gwenith y brain (“English stonecrop”)
  • llysieuyn melyn y fagwyr (“biting stonecrop”)
  • pidyn modryb (“yellow stonecrop”)
  • pupur y fagwyr (“biting stonecrop”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
briweg friweg mriweg unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 28‎
  • Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary 1995: University of Wales Press, Cardiff. Bruce Griffiths and Dafydd Glyn Jones, eds.
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “briweg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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