llythyren
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From llythyr (“letter, epistle”) + -en.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬəˈθərɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬəˈθəran/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬəˈθərɛn/
Noun edit
llythyren f (plural llythrennau or llythyrennau)
- letter (of the alphabet)
Derived terms edit
- llythreniad (“lettering, inscription; orthography”)
- llythrennedd (“literacy”)
- llythrennog (“literate”)
- llythrennol (“literal”)
- llythrennu (“to inscribe”)
- priflythyren (“capital letter”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llythyren | lythyren | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||