tyner

See also: Tyner

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tyner, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨner (whence Breton tener), from Latin tener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtənɛr/

Adjective

tyner (feminine singular tyner, plural tynerion, equative mor dyner, comparative mwy tyner, superlative mwyaf tyner)

1. tender, gentle
   • John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), transl., Lewis Hartsough (music) (19ᵗʰ C.), “Gwahoddiad”, (in Welsh): “Mi glywaf dyner lais […] ― I hear a tender voice […] ”

Derived terms

• maip tyner (“white bryony”)
• tynerder (“tenderness, gentleness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tyner

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tyner	dyner	nhyner	thyner

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tyner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies