"brau" meaning in Welsh

See brau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /braɨ̯/ [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], /brai̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /brɔi̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *brus-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus- (“to break apart, to shred”). Cognate with Cornish brew, Old Irish bruid. See also: briw (“wound, injury”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*brus-}} Proto-Celtic *brus-, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*bʰrus-|t=to break apart, to shred}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus- (“to break apart, to shred”), {{cog|kw|brew}} Cornish brew, {{cog|sga|bruid}} Old Irish bruid, {{l|cy|briw||wound, injury}} briw (“wound, injury”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=breuon|stem=breu}} brau (feminine singular brau, plural breuon, equative breued, comparative breuach, superlative breuaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: brau [feminine, singular], breuon [plural], breued [equative], breuach [comparative], breuaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], brau [mutation, mutation-radical], frau [mutation, mutation-soft], mrau [mutation, mutation-nasal]
  1. brittle, fragile, frail, weak Synonyms: bregus, breuedig, breulyd, breuol, briwllyd, hydor, hyfriw
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-lPLdWHdZ Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 35 5 9 2 2 16 31
  2. (figurative) morally weak, rotten Tags: figuratively Synonyms: braen, braenllyd, breol
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-81u1IzO8
  3. perishable (of goods) Synonyms: darfodus
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-nAChXzlY
  4. tender (of food)
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-qwOBO2K-
  5. loose (of soil) Synonyms: brac, breulyd, breuol, ysgafn
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-jiBZBq2f
  6. (baking) crumbly, short Categories (topical): Baking Synonyms: briwsionllyd
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-nON7QY8c Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 35 5 9 2 2 16 31 Topics: baking, cooking, food, lifestyle
  7. forthright, candid, harsh, blunt, brutally honest Synonyms: diflewyn-ar-dafod, parod, cyflym, buan, llym
    Sense id: en-brau-cy-adj-Du8m1YfY Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 35 5 9 2 2 16 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: breuder, breuawd, breurwydd (english: brittleness, frailness), breuedig (english: brittle), breulifaid (english: whetted, sharpened on a stone), breulyd, breuol (english: fragile, loose), crwst brau (english: shortcrust pastry), ffiolredyn brau (english: brittle bladder-fern), teisen frau (english: shortbread)

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          "name": "Baking",
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          "harsh",
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        {
          "word": "buan"
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    {
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      "word": "breurwydd"
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      "english": "brittle",
      "word": "breuedig"
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      "english": "whetted, sharpened on a stone",
      "word": "breulifaid"
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      "word": "breulyd"
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      "english": "fragile, loose",
      "word": "breuol"
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      "english": "shortcrust pastry",
      "word": "crwst brau"
    },
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      "english": "brittle bladder-fern",
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    },
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    }
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      "form": "breued",
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        {
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          "word": "briwllyd"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "darfodus"
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      "glosses": [
        "tender (of food)"
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          "tender",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "loose (of soil)"
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          "loose",
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          "word": "brac"
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        {
          "word": "breulyd"
        },
        {
          "word": "breuol"
        },
        {
          "word": "ysgafn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Baking"
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        "crumbly, short"
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          "baking",
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          "crumbly",
          "crumbly"
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        "(baking) crumbly, short"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "briwsionllyd"
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        "baking",
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "forthright, candid, harsh, blunt, brutally honest"
      ],
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          "forthright",
          "forthright"
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        [
          "candid",
          "candid"
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        [
          "harsh",
          "harsh"
        ],
        [
          "blunt",
          "blunt"
        ],
        [
          "brutally",
          "brutally"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "diflewyn-ar-dafod"
        },
        {
          "word": "parod"
        },
        {
          "word": "cyflym"
        },
        {
          "word": "buan"
        },
        {
          "word": "llym"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/braɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/brai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/brɔi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brau"
}

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