madarch

Welsh

Alternative forms

madalch

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology in GPC. It starts with an "m" like English mushroom and Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (múkēs), maybe an old substrate word? One could potentially analyze this as Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet”) + arch (“ark; to seek, ask for”) and thus take the term as "wet-seeker" or "wet ark". The former in particular seems semantically pleasing, but this could very well be tantamount to folk etymology.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmadarχ/

Noun

madarch f (collective, singulative madarchen)

mushrooms
Synonym: grawn unnos

Derived terms

madarch clystyrog (“clustered mushrooms”)
madarch cylch (“fairy ring mushrooms”)
madarch hallt (“salty mushrooms”)
madarch hudol (“magic mushrooms”)
madarch lelog (“lilac mushrooms”)
madarch llwydd-ddu (“inky mushrooms”)
madarch meithrin (“cultivated mushrooms”)
madarch palmentydd (“pavement mushrooms”)
madarch y coed (“wood mushrooms”)
madarch y maes (“field mushrooms”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *madarch*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
madarch	fadarch	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.