gwiber
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh gwiber, from Proto-Brythonic *gwiber, from Latin vīpera.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɪbɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwiːbɛr/, /ˈɡwɪbɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɪbɛr
Noun
[edit]gwiber f (plural gwiberod)
- adder, viper
- common European adder, Vipera berus
- Synonym: neidr ddu
Derived terms
[edit]- bronwerth y wiber (“viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare”)
- glesyn y wiber (“viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare”)
- gwellt y wiber (“viper's grass, Scorzonera humilis”)
- gwiberlys (“viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
gwiber | wiber | ngwiber | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwiber”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
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- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Latin
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɪbɛr
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɪbɛr/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Vipers