pic ar y maen

Welsh

Picau ar y maen

Alternative forms

• picen ar y maen

Etymology

From pic (“small round cake, griddle cake”) + maen (“stone, griddle”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmaːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmaːn/

Noun

pic ar y maen m (plural picau ar y maen or picau maen)

1. (South Wales) Welsh cake

   Synonyms: cacen fach, cacen gri, picen, picen ar y maen, picen fach, teisen gri, teisen radell, Welsh cêc

Usage notes

• There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.
• Although pic ar y maen is the full singular form of plural picau ar y maen, these are usually referred to as just picen in the singular.

Mutation

Mutated forms of pic ar y maen

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pic ar y maen	bic ar y maen	mhic ar y maen	phic ar y maen

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