brechdan
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish brechtán (“bread with butter spread on it”) (obsolete Irish breachtán),[1] from brecht (“variegated, multicolored”), from Old Irish mrecht,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrixtos (“painted, speckled”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brechdan f (plural brechdanau)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| brechdan | frechdan | mrechdan | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brechdan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brechtán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language