bwrdd
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh bwrt, from Old English bord (compare Irish bord); doublet of bord.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bwrdd m (plural byrddau or bwrddoedd or byrdd)
- table, board
- food and drink, daily sustenance, hospitality
- board, body of councillors, committee
- (nautical) deck, board; side of a ship
- board, plank
- (mining) suspended scaffolding in a slate-quarry to hold three men against the face of the rock for boring a hole for blasting
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bwrdd | fwrdd | mwrdd | 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), “bwrdd, bwrd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies