grawn
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *grọn, from Proto-Celtic *grānom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Compare Breton greun, Irish grán, Latin grānum.
Noun
[edit]grawn m (collective, singulative gronyn)
- grain, corn, cereal
- Synonym: ŷd
- (zoology) roe, spawn (fish or amphibian eggs)
- (obsolete) berries, grapes, fruit
Usage notes
[edit]This refers to the British English meaning of "corn". For the American English "corn" (Zea mays), the Welsh terms are either indrawn or india-corn.
Derived terms
[edit]- grawnafal (“pomegranate”)
- gronyn (“a single grain or pip”)
- indrawn (“maize”)
- (purism) poethrawn (“pepper”)
- grawn llyffaint (“frogspawn”)
- grawn pysgod (“fish roe”)
- grawn unnos (“mushrooms”, literally “one night's fruit”)
- grawn y march (“nightshade”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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grawn | rawn | ngrawn | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]grawn
- Soft mutation of crawn (“store”).
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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crawn | grawn | nghrawn | chrawn |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “grawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gronyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n
- Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n/1 syllable
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh collective nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Grains
- cy:Zoology
- Welsh terms with obsolete senses
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh mutated nouns
- Welsh soft-mutation forms
- cy:Fish
- cy:Amphibians