bwrdais

Welsh

Alternative forms

• bordais

Etymology

From Middle English burgeis, from Old French borgeis.

Noun

bwrdais m (plural bwrdeisiaid or bwrdeisi)

1. burgess, bourgeois

Synonyms

• (freeman): porthmon

Derived terms

• bwrdeisiaeth (“burgess-ship”)
• bwrdeistref (“borough, municipality”)
• mân fwrdais (“petit bourgeois”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bwrdais	fwrdais	mwrdais	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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