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cledr

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kli-trā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlíto (post, trimmed log), ultimately related to *ḱley- (to lean); see also Old Norse hlíð (slope), Welsh clwyd (gate, hurdle), Lithuanian šlìtė (ladder), pã-šlitas (curved). Celtic cognates include Middle Breton clezr, Middle Irish clithar, clethar (shelter, covert, fastness; protection).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cledr f or f pl (singulative cledren, plural cledrau)

  1. stave, rod, rafter, beam, post, rail; (figuratively) support
  2. laths, wattle, lattice, trellis
  3. (heraldry) pale
  4. rail (railroad track)
    Synonym: rheil
  5. (anatomy) palm
    Synonym: palf

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cledr
radical soft nasal aspirate
cledr gledr nghledr chledr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cledr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clithar, clethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “klit-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 208