Welsh edit

Etymology edit

pedryn (petrel) + named after William Elford Leach (1791–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist.

Noun edit

pedryn Leach m (plural pedrynod Leach)

  1. Ellipsis of pedryn drycin Leach (Leach's storm petrel)[1]

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pedryn Leach bedryn Leach mhedryn Leach phedryn Leach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 12