blodyn
Welsh
Etymology
From old plural blawd + -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈblɔdɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbloːdɪn/, /ˈblɔdɪn/
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| blodyn | flodyn | mlodyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “blodyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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