brith

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from bri, often occurring in metathesized form birth.

Noun

brith m

1. whelk; pimple, blemish

Declension

Declension of brith

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brith	brithi	britha	brithat
accusative		brithin
dative	brithi	brithit	brithave	brithave
ablative			brithash

Related terms

• bri

Further reading

• “brith”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *briθ, from Proto-Celtic *mrixtos.

Adjective

brith

1. streaked, striped

Derived terms

• britha (“to dapple, mottle, streak”, verb)
• brithel (“mackerel”)
• brithen (“freckle”)
• brithki (“mongrel”)
• brithlen (“tapestry”)
• brithweyth (“mosaic”)
• brithys (“spotted”)
• meyl rudh brith (“striped red mullet”)
• virus brith ivra (“ryegrass mosaic virus”)

Noun

brith (collective)

1. tartan

Mutation

Mutation of brith

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
brith	vrith	unchanged	prith	frith, vrith*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

brith

1. (Norfolk) alternative form of bright

Etymology 2

Adverb

brith

1. (Norfolk) alternative form of brighte

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲiθʲ/

Noun

brith

1. inflection of breth:
   1. dative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Noun

brith

1. alternative form of breth

Mutation

Mutation of brith

radical	lenition	nasalization
brith	brith pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbrith

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

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh brith, from Proto-Brythonic *briθ, from Proto-Celtic *mrixtos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːθ/
• Rhymes: -iːθ

Adjective

brith (feminine singular braith, plural brithion, not comparable)

1. mottled, speckled, brindled
2. (of hair) grey

Derived terms

• bara brith
• barbed brith (“pied barbet”)
• britheg (“snake's head fritillary”)
• brithgi (“mongrel”)
• brithlas (“dapple grey”)
• brithlen (“tapestry, brocade”)
• brithyll (“trout”)
• marchrawn brith (“variegated fern”)
• neidr fraith (“grass snake”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of brith

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brith	frith	mrith	unchanged

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