rhiain y pinwydd

Welsh

Etymology

Calque of English pine beauty. Literally, “maiden of the pines”.

Noun

rhiain y pinwydd f (plural rhianedd y pinwydd)

1. pine beauty moth (Panolis flammea)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhiain y pinwydd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhiain y pinwydd	riain y pinwydd	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

• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎^[1], retrieved 23 February 2025