Lemizh / English dictionary

mraà.

to paint, apply paint to something-dat with some colour, pattern, motif etc.-acc;
to paint some pattern, motif, picture etc.-acc somewhere-dat etc.

mraù. (paint)brush

mrauxùxs. paint roller (⇐ xÌxs mraùy. ‘rotating/rolling brush’)

Etymology

gender change of
< NLem mraixts‑a
< Besk mraixts ‘painted, colourful’
< PCelt *mrixt‑ós
< PIE *mr̥gʷ‑t‑ós ‘dark, coloured’, verbal adjective of
  PIE *mergʷ‑ ‘colour’

Cognates

Wel brith ‘speckled’