cerddin
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cerddin f (collective, singulative cerddinen)
- service trees (Sorbus), especially wild service trees (Sorbus torminalis)
- serviceberries, sorbs
- rowan trees or fruit
- Synonym: criafol
Derived terms edit
- cerddin croesryw (“Swedish service tree”)
- cerddin glen Catacol (“Arran service tree”)
- cerddin gwyllt(ion) (“wild service tree”)
- cerddin gwyn(ion) (“whitebeam”)
- cerddin Morgannwg (“true service tree”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cerddin | gerddin | ngherddin | cherddin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||