briger Gwener
Welsh edit
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
briger (“tresses, long hair”) + Gwener (“Venus”).
Noun edit
briger Gwener (collective, singulative brigeryn Gwener)
Synonyms edit
- brigau Gwener
- diwlith
- (more commonly “hair moss”) gwallt y ddaear
- gwir wallt y forwyn
- rhedyn gwallt y forwyn
Derived terms edit
- cawod goch briger Gwener (“maidenhair rust”)
Related terms edit
- rhedyn persli (“parsley ferns”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| briger Gwener | friger Gwener | mriger Gwener | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 2[2]
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “briger”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies