dosbarth

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh dosparth; By surface analysis, dy- +‎ gosbarth, gwosbarth (order, rule, government).[1] The latter is either (1) from gos- (meaningless prefix) +‎ parth (zone, region, part),[2] (with gos-, gwos- equivalent to go- +‎ es-) or (2) from go- + a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *sper-.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔsbarθ/, [ˈdɔsparθ]

Noun

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dosbarth m (plural dosbarthau or dosbarthion or dosbeirth)

  1. (school) class, grade, year, form
  2. class, category, division
  3. class (social grouping)
  4. district, division, region
  5. (taxonomy) class

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dosbarth ddosbarth nosbarth unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 13
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gosbarth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dosbarth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies