mwyar

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Cornish mor, Breton mouar), from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar). Doublet of mieri (“brambles”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊɨ̯.ar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊi̯.ar/

Noun

mwyar f (collective, singulative mwyaren)

1. blackberries, brambleberries, berries

Synonyms

• mwyar duon
• mafon duon

Derived terms

• mwyar y Berwyn (“cloudberries”)
• mwyara (“to gather blackberries”)
• mwyar pêr (“sweetbriers”)
• mwyar y brain (“bilberries”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mwyar

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwyar	fwyar	unchanged	unchanged

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