dosbarth
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]dosbarth m (plural dosbarthau or dosbarthion or dosbeirth)
- (school) class, grade, year, form
- class, category, division
- class (social grouping)
- district, division, region
- (taxonomy) class
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dosbarth | unchanged | ||
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 13
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms prefixed with dy-
- Welsh terms prefixed with gos-
- Welsh terms prefixed with go-
- Welsh terms prefixed with es-
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
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