melys
Appearance
Cornish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *melɨs, from Proto-Celtic *melissos (“sweet”), from *meli (“honey”). Cognate with Welsh melys, Irish milis, Scottish Gaelic milis.
Adjective
[edit]melys
Mutation
[edit]unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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melys | velys | unchanged | unchanged | felys | velys |
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh melys, from Proto-Brythonic *melɨs, from Proto-Celtic *melissos (“sweet”), from *meli (“honey”). Cognate with Cornish melys, Irish milis, Scottish Gaelic milis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛlɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːlɪs/, /ˈmɛlɪs/
Adjective
[edit]melys (feminine singular melys, plural melysion, equative melysed, comparative melysach, superlative melysaf)
Related terms
[edit]- mêl (“honey”)
- melyswellt (“sweetgrass”)
See also
[edit]Basic tastes in Welsh (layout · text) | |||||
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melys | sur / egr | hallt | chwerw | sbeislyd | sawrus |
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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melys | felys | unchanged | 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), “melys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
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- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish adjectives
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- 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 with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
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