afuad

Welsh

Etymology

From afu (“liver”) +‎ -ad (“plant, wort”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈvɨː.ad/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aˈviː.ad/

Noun

afuad m (plural afuadau)

1. liverwort (Marchantiophyta)

Synonyms

• barf derw
• cynglennydd
• cynglennydd yr afon
• llinwlydd
• llinwydd
• llinwydd yr afon
• llysieuyn yr afon
• llysieuyn yr afu
• llysieuyn yr iau
• ysgenllys

 

Hyponyms

• anewra (“liverworts of genus Aneura”)
• cwpanllys (“any liverwort of genus Marchantia”)

Derived Hyponyms

• afuad croen neidr (“snakewort”)
• afuad crymbigog (“crescent-cup liverwort”)
• afuad gwelw Gwenffrewi (“St Winifred's other moss”)
• afuad Gwenffrewi (“St Winifred's moss”)
• afuad gwrychog (“Dumortier's liverwort”)
• afuad isddeiliog (“orobus-seed liverwort”)
• afuad mawr pêr (“great scented liverwort”)
• afuad pengrwn (“hemispheric liverwort”)
• afuad pensgwar (“narrow mushroom-headed liverwort”)

 

Other derived terms

• bogail afuad (“liverwort navel mushroom”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
afuad	unchanged	unchanged	hafuad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.