braf

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German

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Adjective

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braf (strong nominative masculine singular brafer, comparative brafer, superlative am brafsten)

  1. Obsolete form of brav.

Declension

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Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French brave, from Italian bravo, from Medieval Latin *bravus, from a conflation of Latin pravus with barbarus. Cognate with Breton brav.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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braf (feminine singular braf, plural braf, equative brafied, comparative brafiach, superlative brafiaf)

  1. fine, excellent
  2. strong, healthy

Usage notes

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This adjective generally resists mutation except in some dialects of South Wales.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of braf
radical soft nasal aspirate
braf unchanged mraf unchanged

Irregular.

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

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “braf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies