testun

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh testun, from Proto-Brythonic *testʉn, contracted from Latin testimōnium (“testimony, evidence”). It is unclear whether the contraction took place in Proto-Brythonic (thus via a form *testɨβ̃ʉn) or in Vulgar Latin (thus via a form *testōnium).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsdɨ̞n/, [ˈtɛstɨ̞n]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛstɪn/, [ˈtɛsdɪn]
• Rhymes: -ɛsdɨ̞n

Noun

testun m (plural testunau)

1. text
2. subject, matter

Derived terms

• cyd-destun (“context”)
• hyperdestun (“hypertext”)
• is-destun (“subtext”)
• neges destun (“text message”)
• rhyngdestun (“intertext”)
• testunol (“textual”)

Related terms

• tecstio (“text”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of testun

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
testun	destun	nhestun	thestun

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