mieri
Latvian edit
Noun edit
mieri m
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mieri
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Cornish mor, Breton mouar), from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros. Doublet of mwyar (“blackberries”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mi.ˈɛri/, /ˈmjɛri/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /mi.ˈeːri/, /mi.ˈɛri/, /ˈmjeːri/, /ˈmjɛri/
- Rhymes: -ɛri
Noun edit
mieri f (collective, singulative miaren or mieren or mierïen)
- brambles, briars, blackberry bushes
- Synonym: drysi
- (figurative) briars
- Synonym: drysi
Derived terms edit
- mieri duon (“blackberry bushes”)
- mieri Ffrengig (“dogroses”)
- marchfieri (“dogroses”)
- mieri Mair (“sweetbriers”)
- mieri'r mynydd (“cloudberries”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mieri | fieri | unchanged | unchanged |
| 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), “mieri”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies