# brid
## Maltese

* Root
* b-r-d
* 11 terms

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /briːt/

### Noun

brid m (instance noun barda)
* verbal noun of barad: filing

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English bridd, of disputed origin.

#### Alternative forms

* bryd, bird, bred, berd, burd, bord

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brid/

#### Noun

brid (plural briddes)
* a young bird, a bird in general
** c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, 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."

##### 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
* Alternative form of bride (“bride”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

brid
* Alternative form of bred (“bread”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

brȋd m (Cyrillic spelling бри̑д)
* (graph theory) edge

### Further reading

* “brid”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Sudovian
### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. Compare Lithuanian bríedis (“elk, moose”), Latvian briêdis (“deer, stag; (originally) elk”), Old Prussian braydis (“elk”).

### Noun

brid
* (zoology) deer, stag
** “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 26, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):jełen [jeleń] — bridjełen [jeleń] — deer

### References

* ↑ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 70: “brid ‘elnias, l. jełen’ 26.”
* ↑ “bríedis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. brid Hirsch”.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /briːd/
* Rhymes: -iːd
* Homophone: bryd (“aim”) (South Wales)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English breed.

#### Noun

brid m (plural bridiau)
* breed
    Synonyms: hil, âl

##### Derived terms

* bridfa (“ breeding centre, breeding ground”)
* bridio (“to breed”)
* bridiog (“pedigree”)
* bridiol (“relating to breeding”)
* bridiwr (“breeder”)

#### Mutation

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
* Soft mutation of prid (“expensive”).

#### Mutation

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