bleydh

Cornish

Bleydh loos (Canis lupus)

Etymology

From Old Cornish bleit, from Proto-Brythonic *blėð, from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (compare Breton bleiz, Welsh blaidd; Old Irish bled (“sea monster”) (< *bledā)).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [blɛɪð]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [bləɪð]

Noun

bleydh m (plural bleydhes or bleydhi)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• ki bleydh (“German shepherd”)

Mutation

Mutation of bleydh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bleydh	vleydh	unchanged	pleydh	fleydh	vleydh

References

• “bleydh” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.