brechdan
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish brechtán (“bread with butter spread on it”) (obsolete Irish breachtán),[1] from brecht (“variegated, multicolored”), from Old Irish mrecht,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrixtos (“painted, speckled”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brechdan f (plural brechdanau)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| brechdan | frechdan | mrechdan | unchanged |
| 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), “brechdan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brechtán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language