erch
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Irish erch (“salmon, perch”), from Old Irish erc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“perch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
erch (feminine singular erch, plural eirch, equative erched, comparative erchach, superlative erchaf)
- (obsolete) mottled, speckled
- Synonym: brith
- (obsolete) frightful, terrible, awful
- Synonyms: ofnadwy, erchyll, dychrynllyd, arswydus
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| erch | unchanged | unchanged | herch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “erch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies