llwybr
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *sleikʷro- (compare Old Irish slicht, from *slixtus from the same root),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊɨ̯br/, [ˈɬʊɨ̯br̩]
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬʊi̯br/, [ˈɬʊi̯br̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɬʊi̯bɪr/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯br
Noun
[edit]llwybr m (plural llwybrau or llwybrwydd or llwybrydd)
Derived terms
[edit]- llwybr halio (“towpath”)
- Llwybr Llaethog (“Milky Way”)
- llwybr tarw (“shortcut”)
- llwybro (“walk, wend”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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llwybr | lwybr | unchanged | unchanged |
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), “llwybr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 89 i
Categories:
- 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 terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯br
- Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯br/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns