balchder Llundain

Welsh

Etymology

Calque of English London pride.

Noun

balchder Llundain m

1. London pride (Saxifraga × urbium)
2. St Patrick's cabbage (Saxifraga spathularis, from which Saxifraga × urbium is hybridised with Saxifraga umbrosa)

   Synonym: tormaen Padrig

3. sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)

   Synonym: penigan barfog

Related terms

• tormaen y Pyreneau (“Pyrenean saxifrage, Saxifraga umbrosa”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
balchder Llundain	falchder Llundain	malchder Llundain	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2016) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎^[1], retrieved 30 October 2024
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “balchder Llundain”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies