metrig
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From French métrique, from New Latin metricus. By surface analysis, metr + -ig. The sense “pertaining to the metric system” may be borrowed immediately from English metric, of the same etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
metrig (feminine singular metrig, plural metrig, not comparable)
- metric (relating to the metric system)
- y system fetrig ― the metric system
- metrical (relating to poetic meter)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| metrig | fetrig | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “metrig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies