amrywiol

Welsh

Etymology

From amryw (“different, various”) +‎ -iol.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /amˈrɪu̯jɔl/, /amˈrɨu̯jɔl/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /amˈrɪu̯jɔl/

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Adjective

amrywiol (feminine singular amrywiol, plural amrywiolion, equative mor amrywiol, comparative mwy amrywiol, superlative mwyaf amrywiol)

1. sundry, various
   • 1938, John Pierce, “foreword”, in Dan Lenni'r Nos [Under Cover of Night], Liverpool: Gwasg y Brython, page 5:

     Gan i'r dull a gymerais o'r blaen, o gyrraedd amrywiol ddosbarthiadau o ddarllenwyr, ei gymeradwyo ei hun i gynifer, glynais wrtho, a rhoi cyfieithiadau a ffurfiau llenyddol ar waelod y tudalennau.

     As the method I had taken before, of reaching various classes of readers, appealed to so many, I stuck to it, and put translations and learned forms at the bottom of the pages.

Related terms

• amryw
• amrywedd
• amrywiad
• amrywiaeth
• amrywio

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
amrywiol	unchanged	unchanged	hamrywiol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.