adar drycin
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
adar (“birds”) + drycin (“stormy weather”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌadar ˈdrəkɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌa(ː)dar ˈdrəkɪn/
Noun edit
adar drycin m (collective, singulative aderyn drycin)
- Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus)
- Synonym: adar drycin Manaw
- European storm petrels, storm petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus)[1]
- Synonym: pedrynod drycin
- (by extension) shearwaters, petrels, certain members of the family Procellariidae, including true shearwaters, true petrels and fulmars[2][3]
- Synonyms: pedrynod, gwylanod y graig
Derived terms edit
- adar drycin bach (“little shearwaters”)
- adar drycin Cory (“Cory's shearwaters”)
- adar drycin du (“sooty shearwaters”)
- adar drycin Manaw (“Manx shearwaters”)
- adar drycin mawr (“great shearwaters”)
- adar drycin y Baleares (“Balearic shearwaters”)
- adar drycin y graig (“northern fulmars”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| adar drycin | unchanged | unchanged | hadar drycin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aderyn y ddrycin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, pages 10-12
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aderyn drycin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies