dryw
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /drɪu̯/, /drɨu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /drɪu̯/
Usage notes edit
Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).[1][2]
Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).
Noun edit
dryw m or f by sense (plural drywod)
- wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)[3]
- Synonyms: dryw bach, chwynnwr, powlin bach, pompen
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dryw | ddryw | nryw | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Derived terms edit
- dryw eurben (“goldcrest”)
- hela'r dryw (“hunting the wren”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Welsh dryw, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".
Noun edit
dryw m (plural drywon)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
dryw | ddryw | nryw | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
dryw m
- Soft mutation of tryw.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tryw | dryw | nhryw | thryw |
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), “dryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dryw”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page dàir.
- ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 183