astrus
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh astrus, a learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈasdrɨ̞s/, [ˈastrɨ̞s]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈasdrɪs/, [ˈastrɪs]
Adjective edit
astrus (feminine singular astrus, plural astrus, equative astrused, comparative astrusach, superlative astrusaf)
Derived terms edit
- astrusi (“abstruseness, complexity”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| astrus | unchanged | unchanged | hastrus |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “astrus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies