cadno

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Probably from the personal name Cadno compounded of the element cad ("battle") and the suffix -no (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *gnāw- ("knowing") and found in such existing personal names as Beuno, Gwyddno, Tudno, etc.) on the model of French Reynard.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkadnɔ/
Audio (file)

Noun edit

cadno m (plural cadnoid or cadnoaid or cedny or cadnawod, feminine cadnawes or cadnöes)

(South Wales) fox (Vulpes vulpes)^[2]

Synonyms edit

(North Wales) llwynog
madyn

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cadno	gadno	nghadno	chadno
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), “cadno”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994) Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)‎^[1] (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 44

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

[2] Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994) Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)‎^[1] (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 44

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